The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues: An Introduction

Sim, Stuart (2008) The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues: An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748626007

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Abstract

This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues. Eighteenth-century authors grappled with very similar problems to the ones we face today such as: what motivates a fundamentalist terrorist? What are the justifiable limits of state power? What dangers lie in wait for us when we create life artificially? The book discusses key authors from Aphra Behn in the late seventeenth century to James Hogg in the 1820s, covering the 'long' eighteenth century. It guides readers through the main genres of the period from Realism, Gothic romance and historical romance to proto-science fiction. It also introduces a range of debates around race relations, anti-social behaviour, family values and born-again theology as well as the power of the media, surveillance, political sovereignty and fundamentalist terrorism. Each novel is shown to be directly relevant to some of the most urgent moral issues of our own time.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	Q200 Comparative Literary studies R900 Others in European Languages, Literature and related subjects
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Humanities
Related URLs:	Library Catalogue
Depositing User:	Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2012 15:50
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2017 08:38
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/5222

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