Beschreibung:
Evan Gottlieb is Associate Professor of English at Oregon State University. He is the author of Feeling British: Sympathy and National Identity in Scottish and English Writing, 1707-1832, Walter Scott and Contemporary Theory, and Romantic Globalism: British Literature and Modern World Order, 1750-1830. He is co-editor of Approaches to Teaching Scott's Waverly Novels and Representing Place in British Literature and Culture, 1660-1830: From Local to Global. He is also a regular contributor to the Huffington Post books blog.
The text, based on the first edition, is accompanied by explanatory footnotes. "Backgrounds and Contexts" includes selections from Smollett's early poetry as well as non-fiction writing. "Criticism" presents the most important reviews of the book. "Contemporary Criticism" focuses on recent scholarship. A chronology and a bibliography are also included.