The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

by Tobias Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

by Tobias Smollett

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Overview

This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781518689208
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 10/20/2015
Pages: 142
Sales rank: 326,080
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Tobias Smollett (1721–71) was a Scottish poet and novelist famed for his picaresque novels The Adventures of Roderick Random, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Preface ix

The Text of The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 1

Reproduction of First Edition Title Page (Vol, 1) 3

Map: The Expedition 4

Backgrounds and Contexts 357

The Tears of Scotland (1746) Tobias Smollett 359

From An Essay on the External Uses of Water (1752) 361

From The Briton 1 (May 1762) 364

From The North Briton 2 (June 1762) John Wilkes 367

From A Picture of England (1789) Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz 369

Criticism 373

Early Reviews and Criticism 375

The Critical Review (1771) 375

Gentleman's Magazine (1771) 376

London Magazine (1771) 378

Monthly Review (1771) 379

[Tobias Smollet] (1821) Walter Scott 379

Contemporary Criticism 383

Scotophilia and Humphry Clinker: The Politics of Beggary, Bugs, and Buttocks Eric Rothstein 383

Social Class, Character, and Narrative Strategy in Humphry Clinker John Zomchick 398

History, Humphry Clinker, and the Novel Robert Mayer 414

Lismahago's Captivity: Transculturation in Humphry Clinker Charlotte Sussman 429

Sentimental Misogyny and Medicine in Humphry Clinker David M. Weed 449

"Fools of Prejudice": Sympathy and National Identity in the Scottish Enlightenment and Humphry Clinker Evan Gottlieb 470

"About savages and the awfulness of America": Colonial Corruptions in Humphry Clinker Tara Ghoshal Wallace 493

From A Usable Past: Reconciliation in Humphry Clinker and The Spiritual Quixote Misty C. Anderson 514

From Waste Management: Tobias Smollett and Remediation Annika Mann 534

Tobias Smollett: A Chronology 549

Selected Bibliography 551

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