English Novel [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… between texts written by Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding and Eliza Haywood, the analysis will suggest a reading of the interactions between authors as a form of literary unsociability which contributed to the development of … or moral arguments, and can be reflected in the condemnation of the corruption and moral dangers posed by the reading of novels perceived as erotic, obscene, or even pornographic: this concern was shared by numerous readers, … particularly to Haywood’s The Perplex’d Dutchess; or, Treachery Rewarded . While the first axis focuses mainly on novel reading and interpretation, the second one deals with novel writing: it pertains to literary analysis and takes on an …
Antagonism | Conflict | Fiction | Parody | Rivalry
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