Tobias Smollett, Scotland's First Novelist: New Essays in Memory of Paul-Gabriel Boucé

by Paul-Gabriel Boucé and O.M. Brack Jr.

Book Overview

This collection takes a fresh look at issues raised not only in Smollett's novels, for which he is usually remembered, but also in other works of this prolific Scottish author. Essays include a demonstration beyond reasonable doubt, after more than two centuries of debate, that it was indeed Smollett who authored 'The Memoires of a Lady of Quality' in the Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, with material supplied to him by Frances, Lady Vane; an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611493250
• ISBN13: 9781611493252
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 320 Pages