Memoirs of a Coxcomb

John Cleland (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

284 Seiten

2005
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55111-568-9 (ISBN)

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Is the lesser-known companion to Cleland's infamous Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, and an intriguing and accessible alternative to more familiar eighteenth-century novels. Witty and complex, with erotic elements, it is also a sophisticated comedy of manners that questions eighteenth-century ideas of masculinity and femininity.

Published in 1751, John Cleland’s second novel (after the notorious Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) is a witty and complex portrait of aristocratic British society in the mid-eighteenth century. Its young protagonist, Sir William Delamore, meets, falls in love with, and pursues the mysterious heiress Lydia. Rather than a conventional romance, however, the novel is an acerbic social satire, and Sir William an unreliable narrator and incomplete hero. In its experiments with narrative form and its sophisticated examination of masculine identity, Memoirs of a Coxcomb is an important marker in the development of the eighteenth-century novel.
This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction that places Memoirs in the context of Cleland’s life and literary career. Also included is a broad selection of appendices, including Tobias Smollett’s review of the novel, selections from Cleland’s criticism, three texts by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and contemporary documents on masculinity (particularly the figures of the coxcomb and the fop) and prostitution.

Hal Gladfelder is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Rochester, New York. He is the author of Criminality and Narrative in Eighteenth-Century England: Beyond the Law (2001).

Acknowledgements
Introduction
John Cleland: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text

Memoirs of a Coxcomb

Appendix A: Tobias Smollett’s Review of Memoirs of a Coxcomb from The Monthly Review (October 1751)

Appendix B: Clelands Critical Writings on the Novel

Review of Tobias Smollett’s Peregrine Pickle from The Monthly Review (March 1751)
Review of Henry Fielding’s Amelia from The Monthly Review (December 1751)
“The Translator’s Preface” to Memoirs Illustrating the Manners of the Present Age, by Monsieur Du Clos (1752)

Appendix C: On Coxcombs, Fops, and Masculinity

From David Garrick, Miss in Her Teens; or, The Medley of Lovers (1747)
From The Pretty Gentleman; or, Softness of Manners Vindicated (1747)
From John Cleland, Dictionary of Love (1753)

Appendix D: Three Texts by Lady Mary Wordey Montagu

The Spectator, no. 573 (28 July 1714)
“A Satyr” (1717-18)
“An Apology for the Ladies,” The London Magazine (January 1738)

Appendix E: Cleland on Prostitution, from The Case of the Unfortunate Bosavern Penlez (1749)

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.2005
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
ISBN-10	1-55111-568-9 / 1551115689
ISBN-13	978-1-55111-568-9 / 9781551115689
Zustand	Neuware