The English Novel: Being a Short Sketch of Its History from the Earliest Times to the Appearance of Waverley

adventures alliteration Arcadia Artabanes artistic better borrowed called Caxton character Charlemagne Chaucer Clarissa comedy court criticism death Defoe delight drama Elizabethan England English prose Euphues Euphuism fashion Fielding Fielding's French Gabriel Harvey heart hero heroic romance honour human humour Huon of Bordeaux imagination imitators influence interest Italian King Arthur lady later literary literature living London lovers Lucilla Lyly Lyly's Malory mediæval medieval Miss moral narration narrative Nash nature never novel novelists original Pamela pamphlets passion Philautus play plot poem poet poetic poetry political praise preface prose fiction reader realistic reign Richardson romances of chivalry satire says scenes sentiment Shakespeare Shandy Sidney's Sir Philip Sidney Smollett society Sonnets speak Spectator spirit Sterne story style success tale taste theme tion Tom Jones translation Tristram Shandy verse virtue William Copland words writers written Wynkyn de Worde young