Grammars, Grammarians and Grammar-Writing in Eighteenth-Century England (Topics in English Linguistics)
he book offers insight into the publication history of eighteenth-century English grammars in unprecedented detail. It is based on a close analysis of various types of relevant information: Alston's bibliography of 1965, showing that this source needs to be revised urgently; the recently published online database Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) with respect to sources of information never previously explored or analysed (such as book catalogues and library catalogues);
The Female Thermometer: Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny
The work of leading scholar Terry Castle, called by the New York Times "always engaging...consistently fascinating," has helped to revolutionize eighteenth-century studies. The Female Thermometer brings together Castle's essays on the phantasmagoric side of eighteenth-century literature and culture. Taking as her emblem the fanciful "female thermometer," an imaginary instrument invented by eighteenth-century satirists to measure levels of female arousal, Castle explores what she calls the "impinging strangeness" of the eighteenth-century imagination--
Similar in plot, style, and setting to Balzac's The Chouans, Delors' uneven second novel (following Mistress of the Revolution, 2008) bogs down under the weight of a mixture of French terms, tangential details, and a large cast of characters, most of whom are referred to by nicknames, titles, proper names, and surnames. Readers who persevere, however, will be struck by the author's evocation of eighteenth-century Paris: the physical descriptions of post-Revolutionary life, the unsavory and treacherous political climate, and the blatant injustice and corruption perpetrated under Napoléon Bonaparte.
Germany in the Eighteenth-Century: The Social Backgound of the Literary RevivalThis work will introduce modern German history and culture to the non-German student better than any other volume in English; in fact, better than almost any volume in German. Within the space of 327 pages Mr. Bruford has brought together a .large body of knowledge which is both clearly and compactly handled. He has selected his illustrative material with such care and precision that the complicated thought of the book almost always can be easily followed.
Now best known for three great novels - Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews and Amelia - Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was one of the most controversial figures of his time. Prominent first as a playwright, then as a novelist and political journalist, and finally as a justice of peace, Fielding made a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century culture, and was hugely influential in the development of the novel as a form, both in Britain and more widely in Europe.
