The novelty of the novel form and the dialectical influence of travel literature in eighteenth century England.

This essay seeks to discuss the importance of the dialectical contribution of travel literature towards the form of the novel. In eighteenth-century England , an increase in transnational trade and commerce and the expansion of the British Empire, coincided with the arrival of the novel within the l...

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Main Author:	Looi, Daniel Seng Chung.
Other Authors:	School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48722
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-487222019-12-10T13:12:45Z The novelty of the novel form and the dialectical influence of travel literature in eighteenth century England. Looi, Daniel Seng Chung. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Samara Anne Cahill DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English This essay seeks to discuss the importance of the dialectical contribution of travel literature towards the form of the novel. In eighteenth-century England , an increase in transnational trade and commerce and the expansion of the British Empire, coincided with the arrival of the novel within the literary arena of established genres. This paper will focus on Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719), Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) and Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768). These three texts were best-sellers during the eighteenth century and each text employs a different treatment of the theme of travel. Bachelor of Arts 2012-05-08T09:22:00Z 2012-05-08T09:22:00Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48722 en Nanyang Technological University 37 p. application/pdf
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description	This essay seeks to discuss the importance of the dialectical contribution of travel literature towards the form of the novel. In eighteenth-century England , an increase in transnational trade and commerce and the expansion of the British Empire, coincided with the arrival of the novel within the literary arena of established genres. This paper will focus on Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719), Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) and Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768). These three texts were best-sellers during the eighteenth century and each text employs a different treatment of the theme of travel.
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The novelty of the novel form and the dialectical influence of travel literature in eighteenth century England.

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