English Novel [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… that permeated the English literary landscape between the 1720s and the 1740s – a period that witnessed the writing and publication of the works of Eliza Haywood, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding, proclaimed, among others, … Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant and Adam Ferguson) that highlights the constructive role of conflict within the social sphere as well as its potential as a unifying force in seemingly dysfunctional social relations. We should note, however, … present study of literary interactions though interposed books stems from a two-fold examination of titles and dates of publication of works written during the first half of the eighteenth century: explicit intertextual connections are …
Antagonism | Conflict | Fiction | Parody | Rivalry
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