The Cambridge Companion To The Eighteenth-Century Novel

Drawing on research in social and political history, this work challenges and refines the traditional view of the 18th-century novel's origins and purposes. It ... » 

Drawing on research in social and political history, this work challenges and refines the traditional view of the 18th-century novel's origins and purposes. It seeks to show that it is defined by the new ideological and cultural functions it serves in the emerging modern world of print culture. «