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Smollett's Women: A Study in an Eighteenth-Century Masculine Sensibility
Smollett's Women: A Study in an Eighteenth-Century Masculine Sensibility
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Although Smollett's obvious masculine sensibility has become a commonplace in criticism of the 18th-century novel, the basis and particularities of that sensibility have never been examined. In actuality, his treatment of womenheroines, victims, and comic or grotesqueproves far more complex than conventional commentary suggests. This study attempts to show that in each category Smollett's treatment depends on the fictional purposes that these characters serve in his novels.