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The English novel (1st generation) House of Stuart and Hanover
Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)
English writer and printer
Three epistolary novels: Pamela (1740), Clarissa (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
Owned a printing shop
almost 500 works
Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
an English novelist, irony writer and dramatist
known for earthy humour and satire
His wives inspired him
"Tom Jones" (1749)
Samuel Johnson (Dr Johnson) (1709-1784)
an English writer, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer
Depression, tourette syndrom, eyesight problems, stroke
"A Dictionary of the English Language" (1755), poem "Irene" (1749)
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768)
Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric
Moving to different places
Financial struggles
"A Political Romance" (1759), "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" (1759)
"A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy" (1768)
The Grand Tour (17th–18th c.)
Traditional trip of Europe
Custom for young upper-class European men
A search for art, culture and the roots of Western civilisation