Keymer, Thomas, 1962-

Richardson's Clarissa and the eighteenth-century reader / Tom Keymer. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992. - xxiii, 270 pages. : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 13 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-264) and index.

0521390230 (hardback)

91004225


Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761. Clarissa.


Authors and readers--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Books and reading--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Women and literature--History--England--18th century.
Epistolary fiction, English--History and criticism.
Rape victims in literature.
Reader-response criticism.

PR 3664 / .C43K49 1992

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