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by B. G. MaCcarthy. 290 pgs.

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Contributors:

   B. G. MaCcarthy

Publisher:

   Cork University Press

Place of Publication:

  Cork, Ireland  

Publication Year:

  1946
Subjects:   Fiction, Women And Literature--Great Britain--History, English Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism
Table of contents
Contents
I--COGENT INFLUENCES 11
II--THE PASTORAL ROMANCE Mary Wroath , Anne Weamys 47
III--BIOGRAPHY Countess of Pembroke, Duchess of , Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson , Lady Fanshawe 70
IV--LIVING RESTORATION TRENDS Duchess of 122
(a ) Journey to an Imaginary Country
(b ) Realistic Stories, Tales of English Life, Fables
(c ) Letters
V--MAIN RESTORATION GENRES CONTRASTED Mrs. Aphra Behn 139
(a ) The Sentimentalised Novella
(b ) The Growth of Realism
VI--SATIRE--ENGLISH REALISM Mrs. Aphra Behn 189
VII--FROM 1689 TO 1744 214 Mrs. Mary Manley , Mrs. Eliza Haywood , Mrs. Rowe , Mrs. Barker , Mrs. Penelope Aubin , Mrs. Davys , Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd , Mrs. Arabella Plantin , Sarah Fielding
(a ) The Key-Novel
(b ) The Sentimentalised Novella
(c ) The Novel of Domestic Sentiment and of Manners
(d ) The Didactic Tale
(e ) The Picaresque Tale
VIII--THE EPISTOLARY FORM PRIOR TO 1740 Duchess of , Mrs. Aphra Behn , Mrs. Manley , Mrs. Haywood Mrs. Rowe 263
INDEX 287
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