#samuelrichardson — Public Fediverse posts

"What wretched creatures are there in the world! What strangely mixed characters!—So sensible and so foolish at the same time! What a 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, what a 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 creature is man!—"

[L464: Mr Belford to Robert Lovelace]

Nearing the end of my first unforgettable read of the year! Clarissa is caught between the hell of a f***ed up family & the man - a wolf in sheep's clothing - who offers her protection. I haven't gasped or been left aghast by a story since I can't remember when.

#SamuelRichardson

It's Thursday, so why not travel back to 2017:
Special issue "Mediating Richardson,"
introduction by Louise Curran & Sören Hammerschmidt

http://muse.jhu.edu/article/641781

#18thcentury #SamuelRichardson #AcWri #C18th #18thC
#ThrowbackThursday @ASECS

Sir Charles Grandison goes meta -- Miss Byron and Miss Grandison apparently know Clarissa as well as the intended reader. #18thCentury #SamuelRichardson

"[The book] illuminates the spatial and physical dimensions of inner life in the long eighteenth century by synthesizing material analyses of diverse media, from optical devices and landscape architecture to women’s intimate dress, with close readings of literary texts."

#book #self #interiority #AndrewMarvell #MargaretCavendish #AlexanderPope #SamuelRichardson #SpatialFormalism #JuliePark

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo192110828.html