Styles of Meaning and Meanings of Style in Richardson's Clarissa 9780773567849

Gordon Fulton provides a fascinating new study of styles in Samuel Richardson's masterpiece, Clarissa, connecting t

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Styles of Meaning and Meanings of Style in Richardson's Clarissa
 9780773567849

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on the Text
1 Introduction: A Stylistic Approach to Clarissa
PART ONE: STYLES OF MEANING
2 Proverbs and the Language of Control
3 The Moral Sentiment as a Dialogic Style of Meaning
PART TWO: MEANINGS OF STYLE
4 Surprised by Style: Lovelace, Clarissa, and Language for Love
5 Why Look at Clarissa? Physical Description and Richardson's Revision of Libertine Style
6 Sentimental Libertinism: Richardson's Reform of Libertine Desire
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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