Jerry C Beasley
Biographic Data
| ID | 1132384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jerry C Beasley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jerry C |
| FAMILY NAME | Beasley |
| SIGNATURE | BEASLEY J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Intelligencer
The New Eighteenth Century
The of this collection of essays, as its editors declare in their introduction, is revision or problematization of period, canon, tradition, and genre in eighteenth-century literary studies (p. 14). Though no single book could altogether fulfill such an ambition, The New Eighteenth Century goes a long way toward doing so. The twelve essays gathered by the editors are consistently provocative and fresh, almost always strongly and lucidly written, …
From Fiction to the Novel
The Works of Tobias Smollett
"The Works of Tobias Smollett: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom" published on by University of Georgia Press.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
The hero of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753) is a monster of treachery and fraud. Fate and coincidence play a large part in his picaresque progress through England and Europe, and much of the narrative is written in a mock-heroic style.
Tobias Smollett
Book Review| October 01 1984 Tobias Smollett: Essays of Two Decades by G. S. Rousseau Tobias Smollett: Essays of Two Decades. By Rousseau, G. S.. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1982. Pp. xii, 207. Index. $15.95. Jerry C. Beasley Jerry C. Beasley University of Delaware Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1984) 83 (4): 482–484. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-83-4-482xii207 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Shar…
Portraits of a Monster
ANYONE WHO PROPOSES TO DISCUSS the subject of Walpole and English Prose Fiction has some explaining to do. The great prime minister was not a novelist, not a writer at all. He was, in the phrases of his day, His Honour, Sir Bob, the Great Man, a politician of splendid abilities and notorious corruptions whose presence dominated Parliament and the English court from the early 1 720s to the early 1 740s, justifying his place of prominence in the En…
The New Eighteenth Century
The of this collection of essays, as its editors declare in their introduction, is revision or problematization of period, canon, tradition, and genre in eighteenth-century literary studies (p. 14). Though no single book could altogether fulfill such an ambition, The New Eighteenth Century goes a long way toward doing so. The twelve essays gathered by the editors are consistently provocative and fresh, almost always strongly and lucidly written, …
Portraits of a Monster
ANYONE WHO PROPOSES TO DISCUSS the subject of Walpole and English Prose Fiction has some explaining to do. The great prime minister was not a novelist, not a writer at all. He was, in the phrases of his day, His Honour, Sir Bob, the Great Man, a politician of splendid abilities and notorious corruptions whose presence dominated Parliament and the English court from the early 1 720s to the early 1 740s, justifying his place of prominence in the En…
Tobias Smollett
Book Review| October 01 1984 Tobias Smollett: Essays of Two Decades by G. S. Rousseau Tobias Smollett: Essays of Two Decades. By Rousseau, G. S.. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1982. Pp. xii, 207. Index. $15.95. Jerry C. Beasley Jerry C. Beasley University of Delaware Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1984) 83 (4): 482–484. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-83-4-482xii207 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Shar…
The Works of Tobias Smollett
"The Works of Tobias Smollett: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom" published on by University of Georgia Press.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
The hero of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753) is a monster of treachery and fraud. Fate and coincidence play a large part in his picaresque progress through England and Europe, and much of the narrative is written in a mock-heroic style.
From Fiction to the Novel
The New Eighteenth Century
The of this collection of essays, as its editors declare in their introduction, is revision or problematization of period, canon, tradition, and genre in eighteenth-century literary studies (p. 14). Though no single book could altogether fulfill such an ambition, The New Eighteenth Century goes a long way toward doing so. The twelve essays gathered by the editors are consistently provocative and fresh, almost always strongly and lucidly written, …
The Intelligencer
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