On Character in the Novel: William Beatty Warner versus Samuel Richardson and the Humanists.

Kraft, Quentin G.

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Publication Date: 1988

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On Character in the Novel: William Beatty Warner versus Samuel Richardson and the Humanists.

Kraft, Quentin G.

College English, v50 n1 p32-47 Jan 1988

Discusses William Beatty Warner's "Reading Clarissa: The Struggles of Interpretation," a study of Samuel Richardson's role as eighteenth-century critic and interpreter of his own novels. Examines the treatment of character by both Richardson and Warner, focusing on Richardson's humanist interpretation and Warner's anti-humanist stance.(MM)

Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, English Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Novels, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship

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Language: English

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