The "good man" of the XVIIIth century
Subtitle: a monograph on XVIIIth century didactic literature
By: by Charles Whittuck.
Publisher: G. Allen
Published: 1901
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Didactic literature, English -- History and criticism; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Didactic literature, French -- History and criticism; Conduct of life in literature; Men in literature
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the place of "the good man" in XVIIIth century literature.; title: Eclectic virtue: the English essay (The Spectator, 1711-1714); title: The "good man" human: the English novel (Fielding). "Parson Adams" in Joseph Andrews (1740); title: Personal holiness: "A serious call to a devout and holy life," by William Law (1729); title: Anti-cant: "Candide," by Voltaire (1759) "Rasselas," by Samuel Johnson (1759); title: Pseudo-Orientalism: "Lettres persanes," by Montesquieu (1721) "Citizen of the world," by Oliver Goldsmith (1760); title: "Enlightenment": "Profession de foi du Vicaire Savoyard" (part of "Émile") by J. J. Rousseau (1764) "Nathan der Weise," by G. E. Lessing (1779)