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Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761 [1]) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753).
Samuel Richardson was an English novelist who expanded the dramatic possibilities of the novel by his invention and use of the letter form (“epistolary novel”). His major novels were Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747–48).
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel first published in 1740 by the English writer Samuel Richardson. Considered one of the first true English novels, it serves as Richardson's version of conduct literature about marriage.
May 9, 2016 · “Samuel Richardson and the Art of Letter Writing” (Cambridge), a new book by Louise Curran, who teaches at Oxford, looks for fresh insight into this perplexing author and his milieu by ...
Samuel Richardson (August 19, 1689 – July 4, 1761) was a major eighteenth century writer, primarily known for his three monumental novels Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison.
May 18, 2018 · Samuel Richardson took familiar romance structures of courtship and gave them a massive new force, direction, and complexity. He is considered the originator of the modern English novel and has also been called the first dramatic novelist as well as the first of the eighteenth-century “sentimental” writers.
Sep 28, 2012 · Samuel Richardson had a simple story to tell about the invention of the epistolary novel, a genre that embodies its narrative in fictional letters.
With his virtuoso handling of epistolary narration, and the psychological and circumstantial realism made possible by his technical innovations, Samuel Richardson (b. 1689–d. 1761) has long been seen as a pioneer of the modern novel.
This is a full scholarly edition of the works of Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), including not only authoritative texts of his major novels Pamela, Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison but also of his less well-known imaginative works. There will be twelve volumes in all.
Jan 28, 2012 · Writing to Johannes Stinstra in 1753, Samuel Richardson revealed his childhood fascination for learning the secrets of the heart. He began his writing career as a precocious busybody whose curiosity thrived in his crowded urban world.
