The British Novel 1680-1832

Describes important 20th-century criticism of significant British novels of the period, organized in chapters on 20 key authors, including Jane Austen, Daniel Defoe, Mary Shelley, and Horace Walpole. Chapters are subdivided in sections listing general studies and work related to individual novels. Works annotated range from traditional scholarship based on sociological, moral, or historical study, to post-structuralist scholarship such as deconstructionalism and feminism. For students and scholars of English literature. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.