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Oliver Goldsmith has a claim to be the only eighteenth-century author who wrote canonical works in prose fiction, poetry, and drama. An Irish writer working at the centre of the British and Irish Enlightenments, with all the rich complications of identity this entailed, he authored The Vicar of Wakefield, The Deserted Village, and She Stoops to Conquer, works that number among the greatest literary productions of the century. He was also a major historian, biographer, journalist, and translator operating at the heart of literary London. Through four sections covering Goldsmith's Life and Career; Social, Cultural, and Intellectual Contexts; Literary Contexts; and Critical Fortunes and Afterlives, this volume engages with a wide range of illuminating topics that will allow both new and experienced readers of Goldsmith to understand more deeply the impact he had on his times and the powerful influence he exerted on subsequent literary culture.
Contents
Part I. Life and Career: 1. Life Michael Griffin; 2. Letters David O'Shaughnessy; 3. Friendships and feuds Norma Clarke; 4. Booksellers and the book trade Richard C. Taylor; Part II. Social, Cultural and Intellectual Contexts: 5. Enlightenments Michael Brown; 6. Universities David A. Fleming; 7. Libraries Paul Goring; 8. The club Ian Newman; 9. Irish London John Bergin; 10. Liberty Nigel Wood; 11. Cosmopolitanism James Watt; 12. Marriage Aileen Douglas; 13. Gender Rebecca Anne Barr; 14. Race Kerry Sinanan; 15. Religion James Bryant Reeves; 16. Natural history and science Melissa Bailes; 17. War and empire Robert W. Jones; 18. Ghosts María Losada-Friend; Part III. Literary Contexts: 19. Fiction Ian Campbell Ross; 20. Theatre Gillian Russell; 21. Pastoral poetry Dustin Griffin; 22. Prospect poetry Katherine Turner; 23. Periodicals and literary reviewing Manushag N. Powell; 24. History writing Ben Dew; 25. Authorship Maureen Harkin; 26. Orientalism Eun Kyung Min; 27. Satire and sentiment Lynn Festa; 28. The sister arts Timothy Erwin; 29. Music and song Moyra Haslett; 30. France and French writing Amy Prendergast; Part IV. Critical Fortunes and Afterlives: 31. Editions Will Bowers; 32. Critical reception before 1900 Megan Kitching; 33. Critical reception after 1900 James Ward; 34. Afterlives 1: the Victorian vicar Jarlath Killeen; 35. Afterlives 2: theatre David Clare; 36. Afterlives 3: poetry Alfred Lutz.
