18th c. Fiction

15 January 2009

Evelina

Evelina moves beyond 18th c chick-lit into something a little more interesting.

5 January 2009

The Monk

The Monk is notable in part because everyone in it is completely insane.

16 December 2008

The Wrongs of Woman

The Wrongs of Woman: a Gothic novel with feminist implications.

30 September 2008

Reading Tristram Shandy Part II

One of the most defining aspects of Tristram Shandy is that which also makes it more difficult to read – the use of scripts.

23 September 2008

The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless

The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless combines literary techniques with personal relations, and as a result reads like the love child of a daytime soap opera and an eighteenth century etiquette guide.