Eighteenth-Century Characters

Eighteenth Century Characters offers a brief introduction to the literature of the Eighteenth century, using character types as its starting point. It presents contextualized readings of stock characters, such as the rake, the fop, the coquette and the country maid, exploring how these characters' significance and roles change over the century. This fresh approach will provide students with the necessary background to understand the period's literature and to embark on further study.