18th Century Literature

Contribution of Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding to the Development of the 18th Century English Novel

On: May 31, 2025

In: 18th Century Literature, History of English Literature

In the development of the English novel in the eighteenth century, Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding are the two most influential figures. Richardson is best known for his three epistolary* (in the form of letters) novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or, the History of a Young Lady (1748)Continue Reading

The Eighteenth Century Novel

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On: May 31, 2025

In: 18th Century Literature, History of English Literature

Birth of the “Novel”, with its associations of newness and originality, occurs in the eighteenth century. Before that there had been forms of long and continuous narrative prose, but it was only in the 1720s that we begin to see the emergence of a recognisable “Novel” form, i.e, concerned withContinue Reading