Study Guide to The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

by Intelligent Education

Overview

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, one of the most beloved and widely read novels of the Victorian era.

As a novel of family endurance set in eighteenth-century England, The Vicar of Wakefield's strong moral tone and depiction of resilience has resounded with readers for more than 200 years. Moreover, the work is considered a model example of the sentimental novel, one of the era's most popular literary genres. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Goldsmith's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains:

- Introductions to the Author and the Work

- Character Summaries

- Plot Guides

- Section and Chapter Overviews

- Test Essay and Study Q&As

The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645423614
Publisher:	Dexterity
Publication date:	09/12/2020
Series:	Bright Notes
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	134
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Intelligent Education is a learning company with a mission to publish accessible resources and digital tools to educate the world. Their mission drives every project, from publishing books to designing software and online courses, film projects, mobile apps, VR/AR learning tools and more. IE builds tools to empower people who love to learn. Intelligent Education offers courses in science, mathematics, the arts, humanities, history and language arts taught by leading university professors from Wake Forest University, Indiana University, Texas A&M University, and other great schools. The learning platform features 3D models and 360 media paired with instructional videos for on-screen and Mixed Reality interaction that increases student engagement and improves retention. The IE team is geographically located across the United States and is a division of Academic Influence. Learn more at http://intelligent.education.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS 1) Introduction to Oliver Goldsmith 1 2) Introduction: Literary Trends and Personalities of the Eighteenth Century 6 3) Introduction: A Survey of Augustan Prose: Essay, Satire and Novel 14 4) Introduction to Vicar of Wakefield 31 5) General Plot Outline 44 6) Textual Analysis 49 Chapters 1 - 8 49 Chapters 9 - 18 80 Chapters 25 - 32 97 7) Character Analyses 108 8) Critical Commentary 114 9) Essay Questions and Answers 121 10) Bibliography 125