Literature and Crime in Augustan England

by Ian A. Bell

Bell's study draws on literary texts, legal documents, and the contemporary press, and re-assesses the canonical texts of 18th-century literature. The works of Defoe, Hogarth, Gay, Swift, Fielding, Richardson and Pope are all discussed in detail.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415022312
• ISBN13: 9780415022316
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher