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The English novel (1st generation) (The historical novel: Sir Walter Scott…
The English novel (1st generation)
Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)
Famous printing house (took over business in 1721)
The first English novel "Pamela" (1740)
Epistolary writing style
"Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady"
Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
Aristocratic family; well-educated
Jacobite = end to his playwright career
Notable work
anonymous parody (1741)
"Tom Jones"
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Son of a bookseller; poor health
A Dictionary of the English language (1746-1755)
"The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia"
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) and Great Tour
Work
A Political Romance
The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentelman
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
The Grand Tour
Sterne travelled in France and Italy
A traditional trip of Europe
A search for art, culture and the roots of Western civilization
Background
Irish novelist
Anglican glergyman
Died due to tuberculosis
The historical novel: Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Edinburgh (bad living conditions)
Most of his childhood with grandparents in the countryside
Started as a poet
"The Lay of the Last Minstrel", "The Lady of the Lake"
The inventor of the historic novel
"Waverly", "Ivanhoe"
Publishing house
Debt
Huge impact on Scottish culture
The Walter Scott prize
