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British Library: Discovering Literature: Pamela
Read an overview of "Pamela" by Samuel Richardson and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Oroonoko
Read an overview of "Oroonoko" by Aphra Behn and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Gulliver's Travels
Read an overview of "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Evelina
Read an overview of "Evelina" by Frances Burney and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: A Dictionary of the English Language
Read an overview of "A Dictionary of the English Language" by Samuel Johnson and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Tristram Shandy
Read an overview of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Sterne and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Tom Jones
Read an overview of "Tom Jones" by Henry Fielding and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: The Rover
Read an overview of "The Rover" by Aphra Behn and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: The Rape of the Lock
Read an overview of "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: She Stoops to Conquer
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Robinson Crusoe
Read an overview of "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Theatre and Entertainment
From Restoration comedy to The Beggar's Opera, She Stoops to Conquer and The School for Scandal: examine key plays alongside the history and conventions of Restoration and 18th-century theatre.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender and Sexuality
Examine representations of gender and sexuality in Restoration and 18th-century literature including Paradise Lost and The Rape of the Lock, and explore the works of early women writers such as Aphra Behn, Frances Burney and Margaret...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Language and Ideas
From Johnson's Dictionary to letter-writing, newspapers and coffee-house culture: explore how different forms and mediums helped to develop and circulate language and ideas during the long 18th century.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Politeness, Sensibility, and Sentimentalism
Explore polite culture, sensibility, and sentimentalism in the 18th century, and how these concepts are reflected in the writing of the period.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Satire and Humour
Discover how writers of the 17th and 18th centuries used satire and humour to address issues around politics and power, inequality and class, gender and marriage - as well as to entertain readers and audiences.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Georgian Society
Explore the Georgian period in its social, political, and historical contexts, with overviews of popular politics, the rise of consumerism, and entertainment.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Politics and Religion
The Civil Wars and the Restoration of the monarchy, the Enlightenment or 'Age of Reason', and British colonialism: investigate the political and religious contexts of Restoration and 18th-century literature.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Rise of the Novel
Discover how the novel emerged as a new literary form in the 18th century and examine pioneering texts, from Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe to Gulliver's Travels and Pamela.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Sentiment and Sensibility
This article introduces Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his famous play "The School for Scandal".
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British Library: Discovering Literature: 'Reason Is but Choosing': Freedom of Thought and John Milton
From his politics and religious writings to "Paradise Lost", this article traces how the life and work of John Milton were guided by the principle of freedom of thought and how in doing so he challenged fundamental aspects of...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Print and Perception
Margaret Cavendish and Katherine Philips both wrote across a range of genres and achieved considerable success in their day. This article explores their different approaches to the difficulties of being a 17th-century female writer.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: 'To Lash the Age': John Gay and the Beggar's Opera
This article introduces "The Beggar's Opera" and its many satirical targets, including the court of George I, the politician Robert Walpole, the British legal system, and Italian opera.