The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825

by David A. Brewer and Dashka Slater

The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 reconstructs how eighteenth-century British readers invented further adventures for beloved characters, including Gulliver, Falstaff, Pamela, and Tristram Shandy. Far from being close-ended and self-contained, the novels and plays in which these characters first appeared were treated by many as merely a starting point, a collective reference perpetually inviting augmentation through an astonishing wealth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812238648
• ISBN13: 9780812238648
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"