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I like this dramatic pose very much. Early 19th-century engraving.Many thanks to http://ladycashasat

I like this dramatic pose very much. Early 19th-century engraving.

Many thanks to http://ladycashasatiger.tumblr.com/and http://symwates.tumblr.com/ for identification help with this image.

“Billy’s Ghost, or Seasonable Admonition” (1806) by W. Holland. William Pitt the Younger haunts Charles James Fox.


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Eighteenth-Century Fiction journal call for articles: special issue “Material Fictions,” ed. Eugenia

Eighteenth-Century Fiction journal call for articles: special issue “Material Fictions,” ed. Eugenia Zuroski-Jenkins and Michael Yonan.

For more information, please visit:

http://ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/call-for-articles/

Deadline in mid-2017. Contact: [email protected]


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Read a new “Reflections” piece on editing Tobias Smollett’s Travels through France and Italy (1766) Read a new “Reflections” piece on editing Tobias Smollett’s Travels through France and Italy (1766) Read a new “Reflections” piece on editing Tobias Smollett’s Travels through France and Italy (1766) Read a new “Reflections” piece on editing Tobias Smollett’s Travels through France and Italy (1766) Read a new “Reflections” piece on editing Tobias Smollett’s Travels through France and Italy (1766) Read a new “Reflections” piece on editing Tobias Smollett’s Travels through France and Italy (1766)

Read a new “Reflections” piece on editing Tobias Smollett’s Travels through France and Italy (1766) in the latest ECF journal issue 28.3 (Spring 2016):

“From the Typewriter to the Internet: Editing Smollett for the Twenty-First Century,” by Frank Felsenstein, Ball Sate University

Find this article on Project MUSE: http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33316

ReadTravels through France and Italy (1766) by Tobias Smollett online here:

https://archive.org/details/travelsthroughf01smolgoog


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Read a new essay on Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)  and her gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794):Read a new essay on Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)  and her gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794):Read a new essay on Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)  and her gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794):

Read a new essay on Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)  and her gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794):

“Ann Radcliffe’s Scientific Romance,” by Adam Miller, Vanderbilt University

Find this article on Project MUSE: http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33316

ReadThe Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) by Ann Radcliffe online here:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3268/3268-h/3268-h.htm

For more lovely illustrations from the fifth edition, see the slide show at the British Library here:

http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-mysteries-of-udolpho


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ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) contains a new essay on Thomas Holcroft, writer, dramatist ( 1745ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) contains a new essay on Thomas Holcroft, writer, dramatist ( 1745ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) contains a new essay on Thomas Holcroft, writer, dramatist ( 1745ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) contains a new essay on Thomas Holcroft, writer, dramatist ( 1745

ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) contains a new essay on Thomas Holcroft, writer, dramatist ( 1745-1809):

“‘The Greatest Appearance of Truth’: Telling Tales with Thomas Holcroft,” by Eliza O’Brien, Newcastle University

Read this article on Project MUSE: http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33316

ReadMemoirs of Bryan Perdue (1805) by Thomas Holcroft online here:

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001420412

The final two images above show actors performing parts in Holcroft’s play “The Road to Ruin” (1792).


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ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) features a new article on Henry Mackenzie’s novel The Man of FeelECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) features a new article on Henry Mackenzie’s novel The Man of FeelECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) features a new article on Henry Mackenzie’s novel The Man of Feel

ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) features a new article on Henry Mackenzie’s novel The Man of Feeling(1771):

“The Sentimental Virtuoso: Collecting Feeling in Henry Mackenzie’s The Man of Feeling,” by Barbara M. Benedict, Trinity College

Read this article on Project MUSE: http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33316

ReadThe Man of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie online here (text of the 1800 edition):
https://archive.org/details/manfeeling01mackgoog

The two prints above are by Gillray (crowd scene) and Rowlandson (duo), satirizing the entire concept of “a man of feeling.”

For full-color portraits of Mackenzie, visit the National Portrait Gallery online:
for example,
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw04138/Henry-Mackenzie

National Galleries of Scotland online includes a lovely portrait of Mackenzie in old age:
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/s/artist/colvin-smith/object/henry-mackenzie-1745-1831-novelist-and-essayist-pg-1032


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ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) features a new article on Jonathan Swift, the master satirist:“DaECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) features a new article on Jonathan Swift, the master satirist:“DaECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) features a new article on Jonathan Swift, the master satirist:“Da

ECF journal for Spring 2016 (28.3) features a new article on Jonathan Swift, the master satirist:

“Dark Humour and Moral Sense Theory: Or, How Swift Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Evil,” by Shane Herron, Furman University

Read this article on Project MUSE: http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33316

ReadA Modest Proposal by Swift online here:

https://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/modest.html

For full-color portraits of Swift, visit the Getty online:

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/circa-1726-an-illustration-from-jonathan-swifts-gullivers-news-photo/51243013


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A new article published in ECF journal on the cold, cold Canadian winters and how that season and itA new article published in ECF journal on the cold, cold Canadian winters and how that season and itA new article published in ECF journal on the cold, cold Canadian winters and how that season and itA new article published in ECF journal on the cold, cold Canadian winters and how that season and it

A new article published in ECF journal on the cold, cold Canadian winters and how that season and its effects were portrayed in one of the first Canadian novels, The History of Emily Montague (1769) by Frances Brooke:

“’Set the winter at defiance’: Emily Montague’s Weather Reports and Political Sensibility,” by Morgan Vanek, University of Toronto.

Read this article on Project MUSE: http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33316

ReadThe History of Emily Montague online here:

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/brooke/emily/emily.html


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New ECF article on Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy (1759-67): “’Alas, poor YORICK!’: Sterne’s IconNew ECF article on Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy (1759-67): “’Alas, poor YORICK!’: Sterne’s IconNew ECF article on Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy (1759-67): “’Alas, poor YORICK!’: Sterne’s Icon

New ECF article on Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy(1759-67):

“’Alas, poor YORICK!’: Sterne’s Iconography of Mourning,” by Helen Williams, pp. 313-344.

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eighteenth_century_fiction/toc/ecf.28.2.html

The third image above is of the artist Joseph Nollekens with His Bust of Laurence Sterne.

ReadTristram Shandy here:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1079/1079-h/1079-h.htm


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I will likely re-post this every few weeks.New call for research articles for the scholarly journal

I will likely re-post this every few weeks.

New call for research articles for the scholarly journal Eighteenth-Century Fiction, McMaster University: http://ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/call-for-articles/

Please also see the ECF home page:
http://ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

ReadEighteenth-Century Fiction journal online via institutional subscription at Project MUSE:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eighteenth_century_fiction/


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New ECF article, autumn issue, vol. 29, no. 1: “The Pleasures of ‘the World’: Rewriting EpistolarityNew ECF article, autumn issue, vol. 29, no. 1: “The Pleasures of ‘the World’: Rewriting EpistolarityNew ECF article, autumn issue, vol. 29, no. 1: “The Pleasures of ‘the World’: Rewriting EpistolarityNew ECF article, autumn issue, vol. 29, no. 1: “The Pleasures of ‘the World’: Rewriting EpistolarityNew ECF article, autumn issue, vol. 29, no. 1: “The Pleasures of ‘the World’: Rewriting Epistolarity

New ECF article, autumn issue, vol. 29, no. 1: “The Pleasures of ‘the World’: Rewriting Epistolarity in Burney, Edgeworth, and Austen,” by Rachael Scarborough King

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/632054


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New ECF article, fall issue: “‘He looked quite red’: Persuasion and Austen’s New Man of Feeling,” byNew ECF article, fall issue: “‘He looked quite red’: Persuasion and Austen’s New Man of Feeling,” byNew ECF article, fall issue: “‘He looked quite red’: Persuasion and Austen’s New Man of Feeling,” byNew ECF article, fall issue: “‘He looked quite red’: Persuasion and Austen’s New Man of Feeling,” by

New ECF article, fall issue: “‘He looked quite red’: Persuasionand Austen’s New Man of Feeling,” by Taylor Walle

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/632053


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New ECF article: ” Louis Sébastien Mercier et l’esthétique de la force: Passion, virilité et violencNew ECF article: ” Louis Sébastien Mercier et l’esthétique de la force: Passion, virilité et violencNew ECF article: ” Louis Sébastien Mercier et l’esthétique de la force: Passion, virilité et violenc

New ECF article: ” Louis Sébastien Mercier et l’esthétique de la force: Passion, virilité et violence amoureuse,” par Geneviève Boucher

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/632052


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The Old Pretender in Scotland 1715: Jacobites.Brian Boru: Irish King who lived from ca. 941 - 1014.RThe Old Pretender in Scotland 1715: Jacobites.Brian Boru: Irish King who lived from ca. 941 - 1014.RThe Old Pretender in Scotland 1715: Jacobites.Brian Boru: Irish King who lived from ca. 941 - 1014.R

The Old Pretender in Scotland 1715: Jacobites.

Brian Boru: Irish King who lived from ca. 941 - 1014.

Read the ECF article “Sarah Butler’s Irish Tales, a Jacobite Romance,” by Lucy Cogan in the newest issue of the journal:

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/632051


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Samuel Richardson published Pamela in late 1740; in response to the stir this novel caused, he publi

Samuel Richardson published Pamelain late 1740; in response to the stir this novel caused, he published a two-volume sequel in late 1741. This lovely engraving shows Pamela in the sequel, with her brood that resulted from her happy marriage to Mr B.

To learn more about Samuel Richardson and Pamela, read ECF journal online on Project MUSE:

http://muse.jhu.edu/journal/324


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Read the latest issue of ECF now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/3373Read the latest issue of ECF now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/3373Read the latest issue of ECF now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/3373Read the latest issue of ECF now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/3373

Read the latest issue of ECF now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735

“Sublime Luxuries” of the Gothic Edifice: Immersive Aesthetics and Kantian Freedom in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe, pp. 713-738, by Kristin M. Girten
See above some illustrations from Ann Radcliffe’s (1764-1823) gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolph (1794), and at the bottom a caricature of the ladies who read such gothic novels in the late 18th century.

Other articles:
Fear, Liberty, and Honourable Death in Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, pp. 623-644, by Megan Gallagher

“A Reformation so much wanted”: Clarissa’s Glorious Shame, pp. 645-666, by Ailsa Kay

Give Me the Consideration of Being the Bondsman”: Embarrassment and the Figure of the Bond in the Sentimental Fiction of Samuel Richardson, pp. 667-690, by Greg Morgan

The Abbé Mallet’s Unsigned Contribution to the Encyclopédie, pp. 691-712, by Reginald McGinnis

Read the newest ECF book reviews for free here: http://ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/bookreviews/


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The latest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735 The latest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735 The latest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735

The latest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735

The Abbé Mallet’s Unsigned Contribution to the Encyclopédie, pp. 691-712, by Reginald McGinnis
See above 3 illustrations of the art of writing – l’Art d’Ecrire – from the Encyclopédie (1751-72), compiled by Denis Diderot (1713-84) and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert (1717-83).

Other articles:
Fear, Liberty, and Honourable Death in Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, pp. 623-644, by Megan Gallagher

“A Reformation so much wanted”: Clarissa’s Glorious Shame, pp. 645-666, by Ailsa Kay

Give Me the Consideration of Being the Bondsman”: Embarrassment and the Figure of the Bond in the Sentimental Fiction of Samuel Richardson, pp. 667-690, by Greg Morgan

“Sublime Luxuries” of the Gothic Edifice: Immersive Aesthetics and Kantian Freedom in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe, pp. 713-738, by Kristin M. Girten

Read the newest ECF book reviews for free here:
http://ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/bookreviews/


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Summer 2016 issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735 “Give Me theSummer 2016 issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735 “Give Me theSummer 2016 issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735 “Give Me the

Summer 2016 issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735

“Give Me the Consideration of Being the Bondsman”: Embarrassment and the Figure of the Bond in the Sentimental Fiction of Samuel Richardson, pp. 667-690, by Greg Morgan
See above Joseph HIghmore’s (1692-1780) painting of Pamela requesting a blessing from her new uncle (1743-44, original held at the Tate), the title page of Sir Charles Grandison (1753), and Letter 1 in Clarissa(1748).

Other articles:

Fear, Liberty, and Honourable Death in Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, pp. 623-644, by Megan Gallagher

“A Reformation so much wanted”: Clarissa’s Glorious Shame, pp. 645-666, by Ailsa Kay

The Abbé Mallet’s Unsigned Contribution to the Encyclopédie, pp. 691-712, by Reginald McGinnis

“Sublime Luxuries” of the Gothic Edifice: Immersive Aesthetics and Kantian Freedom in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe, pp. 713-738, by Kristin M. Girten

Read the newest ECF book reviews for free here:
http://ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/bookreviews/


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Newest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735“A ReNewest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735“A ReNewest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735“A Re

Newest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735

“A Reformation so much wanted”: Clarissa’s Glorious Shame, pp. 645-666, by Ailsa Kay

See above Francis Hayman’s (1708-76) painting of Lovelace abducting Clarissa (1753), the first edition title page showing Richardson as publisher (1748), and Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki’s (1726-1801) illustrations for a much later edition of the novel, including Clarissa’s arrest outside the prison.

Other articles:
Fear, Liberty, and Honourable Death in Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, pp. 623-644, by Megan Gallagher

Give Me the Consideration of Being the Bondsman”: Embarrassment and the Figure of the Bond in the Sentimental Fiction of Samuel Richardson, pp. 667-690, by Greg Morgan

The Abbé Mallet’s Unsigned Contribution to the Encyclopédie, pp. 691-712, by Reginald McGinnis

“Sublime Luxuries” of the Gothic Edifice: Immersive Aesthetics and Kantian Freedom in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe, pp. 713-738, by Kristin M. Girten

Read the newest ECF book reviews for free here:
http://ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/bookreviews/


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Newest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735Fear,Newest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735Fear,

Newest issue of ECF is now on Project MUSE: Summer 2016, 28.4, https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33735

Fear, Liberty, and Honourable Death in Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, pp. 623-644, by Megan Gallagher
See above the title page from Lettres Persanes (1721) by Montesquieu and a lovely portrayal of a woman in Persian-style dress by Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-89).

“A Reformation so much wanted”: Clarissa’s Glorious Shame, pp. 645-666, by Ailsa Kay

Give Me the Consideration of Being the Bondsman”: Embarrassment and the Figure of the Bond in the Sentimental Fiction of Samuel Richardson, pp. 667-690, by Greg Morgan

The Abbé Mallet’s Unsigned Contribution to the Encyclopédie, pp. 691-712, by Reginald McGinnis

“Sublime Luxuries” of the Gothic Edifice: Immersive Aesthetics and Kantian Freedom in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe, pp. 713-738, by Kristin M. Girten

Read the newest ECF book reviews for free here:
http://ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/bookreviews/


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