Geoffrey Sill
Biographic Data
| ID | 5401112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey Sill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Sill |
| SIGNATURE | SILL G |
| AFFILIATIONS | English, Rutgers University, Camden |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Defoe, Prose Fiction, and the Novel
Defoe has long been regarded as the father of the realistic English novel, but that label obscures the variety of prose fictional genres in which he worked. Recent scholarship sees his fictions as hybrids of genres such as biography (both historical and imaginative), history (both private or ‘secret’ as well as public), and moral or propagandistic tracts (advancing political, religious, or social purposes). The three volumes that comprise the lif…
The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney, Vol. 5
Yes, Miss Burney
Neurology and the Novel
Alexander Monro primus (1697--1767) wrote several influential works on the anatomy of the nervous system. His experiments, continued by his son Monro secundus, exhibit the shift from mechanism to vitalism that laid new emphasis on the means by which the nerves convey sensation. Apparent allusions to Robinson Crusoe in an essay written by Monro primus for his daughter in 1739 suggest that his interest in the problem of sensibility may have been ra…
Political Constructions
Defoe's two versions of the outlaw
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Defoe's two versions of the outlaw
Political Constructions
Neurology and the Novel
Alexander Monro primus (1697--1767) wrote several influential works on the anatomy of the nervous system. His experiments, continued by his son Monro secundus, exhibit the shift from mechanism to vitalism that laid new emphasis on the means by which the nerves convey sensation. Apparent allusions to Robinson Crusoe in an essay written by Monro primus for his daughter in 1739 suggest that his interest in the problem of sensibility may have been ra…
Yes, Miss Burney
The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney, Vol. 5
Defoe, Prose Fiction, and the Novel
Defoe has long been regarded as the father of the realistic English novel, but that label obscures the variety of prose fictional genres in which he worked. Recent scholarship sees his fictions as hybrids of genres such as biography (both historical and imaginative), history (both private or ‘secret’ as well as public), and moral or propagandistic tracts (advancing political, religious, or social purposes). The three volumes that comprise the lif…
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