The first comprehensive catalogue of prose fiction published in Britain and Ireland between 1750 and 1770, continuing the already published lists for 1700 to 17

This series presents a comprehensive, global and up-to-date history of English-language prose fiction and written ... by a international team of scholars ... --

The Oxford Handbook of the Eighteenth Century Novel is the first published book to cover the 'eighteenth-century English novel' in its entirety. It is an indisp

In the half century before Walter Scott's Waverley , dozens of popular novelists produced historical fictions for circulating libraries. This book examines eigh

The 18th century in Britain was a transition period for literature. Patronage, either by a benefactor or through subscription, lingered even as the publishing a