Epigraphs in the English Novel 1750-1850: Seducing the Reader Readioff Corrina
Epigraphs in the English Novel 1750-1850: Seducing the Reader Readioff Corrina Seducing the Reader uncovers the early history of the epigraph, narrating the surprising story of how this…
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Epigraphs in the English Novel 1750-1850: Seducing the Reader Readioff Corrina
Seducing the Reader uncovers the early history of the epigraph, narrating the surprising story of how this long-overlooked feature morphed from moral didactic heading to Gothic tag-line to witty realist commentary within a single century. Supported by a survey of pre-chapter paratext in nearly 6000 novels from 1750 to 1850, this monograph explores the changing influences upon and functions of epigraphs over time via detailed close readings and literary criticism. Adorning fictional narratives of rakes and sex workers, oppressed heroines and Jacobite heroes, the epigraph has been used by authors to preach, teach, amuse, or even completely misdirect their readers.
Focusing upon key generic developments, this book adopts a case-study style format to examine epigraphic usage in the works of canonical authors including Sarah Fielding, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith, Walter Scott,