Samuel Richardson: Passion and PrudenceValerie Grosvenor Myer The novelists of the eighteenth century are enjoying a popular, as well as a learned, revival. Chief among them is Richardson. Here an international team of brilliant scholars and critics comes together to reconsider Richardson's achievement and to assess recent approaches. |
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... Anna says , ' I would do anything , go any - whither , rather than be compelled to marry the man I hate ' ( II , 67 ) . Clarissa also says when she is urged to marry Solmes by her mother : ' I then offered to live single ; never marry ...
... Anna says , ' I would do anything , go any - whither , rather than be compelled to marry the man I hate ' ( II , 67 ) . Clarissa also says when she is urged to marry Solmes by her mother : ' I then offered to live single ; never marry ...
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... Anna has a basic confidence in her mother , while Clarissa does not . Here ... says , ' ... if you would clearly and explicitly tell me , how far Lovelace ... Anna says , pene- trating Clarissa's heart : ' I know you love him [ Lovelace ] ...
... Anna has a basic confidence in her mother , while Clarissa does not . Here ... says , ' ... if you would clearly and explicitly tell me , how far Lovelace ... Anna says , pene- trating Clarissa's heart : ' I know you love him [ Lovelace ] ...
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... Anna's com- plying way of thinking is contrasted with Clarissa's purely moralistic one . For example , Anna says , ' . . . we must love them [ men ] , however presumptuous and unworthy , because they love us ' ( III , 261 ) . She ...
... Anna's com- plying way of thinking is contrasted with Clarissa's purely moralistic one . For example , Anna says , ' . . . we must love them [ men ] , however presumptuous and unworthy , because they love us ' ( III , 261 ) . She ...
Contents
Introduction by Valerie Grosvenor Myer | 7 |
The Relationship between Physical | 21 |
Clarissa by Angus Wilson | 41 |
Copyright | |
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