Constructions of Smollett

Constructions of Smollett

Author: John Skinner

Publisher: University of Delaware Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780874135770

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Professor John Skinner analyzes the prose narratives of Tobias George Smollett (1721-71) and their place in the development of the novel in Constructions of Smollett: A Study in Genre and Gender.


Art and Money in the Writings of Tobias Smollett

Art and Money in the Writings of Tobias Smollett

Author: William Gibson

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780838756379

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Offering a fresh perspective on a misunderstood eighteenth-century novelist, this study situates Tobias Smollett (1721-71) as the chief witness to the birth of the modern commercial art market. By examining the critical remarks and characters in Smollett's journalism and histories, the novels Peregrine Pickle and Humphry Clinker, and Travels Through France and Italy, the novelist is portrayed as fully involved with the commercial art market even while he offered perceptive criticism of it. Smollett's complete reviews of fine art from The Critical Review are published for the first time in an annotated appendix, while his involvement with the lavish illustration of his massive Complete History of England is analyzed in a second appendix. The approach to fine art that emerges from his writing modifies our understanding of the public art market of today, making this study of interest not only to Smollett scholars and students of eighteenth-century fiction but also to those interested in the history of art and aesthetic appreciation. William L. Gibson is an independent scholar.


Tobias Smollett

Tobias Smollett

Author: Lionel Kelly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1134782845

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The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the work themselves.


The Miscellaneous Writings of Tobias Smollett

The Miscellaneous Writings of Tobias Smollett

Author: O M Brack

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-23

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 1315478161

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Tobias Smollett (1721–71) is best known as a novelist; however this prolific and talented author was also a notable historian, literary critic, translator, medical writer and satirist. This volume will help us to reassess our understanding of Smollett by presenting some of his most significant miscellaneous writings in a new critical edition.


Tobias Smollett, Scotland's First Novelist

Tobias Smollett, Scotland's First Novelist

Author: Paul-Gabriel Boucé

Publisher: Associated University Presse

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780874139884

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Takes a look at issues raised not only in Smollett's novels, for which he is usually remembered, but also in other works of this prolific Scottish author.


Tobias Smollett After 300 Years:

Tobias Smollett After 300 Years:

Author: Richard J. Jones

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2023-11-15

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1638040826

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Tobias Smollett After 300 Years offers a collection of essays on one of the great literary figures of the eighteenth century: the Scottish writer, Tobias Smollett (1721–1771). Drawing together the work of an international group of scholars, with a variety of critical approaches, the book examines aspects of Smollett’s life, writing and reputation on the three-hundredth anniversary of his birth.