The eighteenth-century novel and the secularization of ethics

Stewart, Carol

The eighteenth-century novel and the secularization of ethics [electronic resource] / 18th century novel and the secularization of ethics Carol Stewart. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2010. - 1 online resource (220 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Secularizing ethics: from Pamela to Tom Jones -- Opposition and persuasion: from Roderick Random to Humphry Clinker -- Rewriting ethics: David Simple, The female Quixote and Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph -- Tristram Shandy: Latitudinarianism and liberty -- Hurtful insignificance: the novel in the later eighteenth century.

9781409403715 (electronic bk.) 1409403718 (electronic bk.)


English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
Ethics in literature.
Christian ethics in literature.
Religion and literature--History--England--18th century.
Latitudinarianism (Church of England)--History--18th century.
conditions sociales--éthique--religion--roman anglais--18e s.
latitudinarisme--littérature anglaise--Church of England (Angleterre)--18e s.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh


Electronic books.

PR858.E67 / S74 2010eb

823/.509353