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Epistolary fiction, English --- Richardson, Samuel, - 1689-1761

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"En vérité, mon histoire fournirait matière à un roman d'un genre surprenant, si elle était contée comme il faut", constate Pamela dans une lettre à ses parents. Or, ce roman, elle est bel et bien en train de le composer. Samuel Richardson fait ainsi inventer par une domestique de quinze ans une nouvelle manière d'écrire : le quotidien et l'imaginaire, la mise à nu du coeur et la réflexion morale, l'expression naïve et la reprise de textes profanes et religieux se conjuguent en une poétique inédite. En 1740, une telle entreprise défiait l'hégémonie culturelle française. L'opération a réussi : la traduction de Pamela, ses commentaires, adaptations et réécritures ont fait de ce roman anglais une référence majeure pour l'histoire de la littérature française."--Page 4 de la couverture

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Samuel Richardson (1689-1761), the English writer and printer best known for his epistolary novels, including Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1748), had preserved copies of his extensive correspondence with a view to its eventual publication, and these volumes, edited by Anna Laetitia Barbauld and first published in 1804, contain her selection from his papers. Richardson became a printer's apprentice in 1706 and for the rest of his life managed a successful printing business in addition to writing his highly popular and influential novels. After the success of Pamela, Richardson regularly corresponded with leading contemporary literary figures including Henry Fielding and Samuel Johnson. The letters provide fascinating insights into Richardson's life and literary and social activities, as well as discussions of current affairs. Volume 1 contains a biography of Richardson by Mrs Barbauld; this is followed by his correspondence with friends such as Aaron Hill and the Scots printer William Strahan.

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Samuel Richardson (1689-1761), the English writer and printer best known for his epistolary novels, including Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1748), had preserved copies of his extensive correspondence with a view to its eventual publication, and these volumes, edited by Anna Laetitia Barbauld and first published in 1804, contain her selection from his papers. Richardson became a printer's apprentice in 1706 and for the rest of his life managed a successful printing business in addition to writing his highly popular and influential novels. After the success of Pamela, Richardson regularly corresponded with leading contemporary literary figures including Henry Fielding and Samuel Johnson. The letters provide fascinating insights into Richardson's life and literary and social activities. Volume 6 is devoted entirely to his lively correspondence with Lady Bradshaigh, discussing literature but also the writers' respective domestic affairs, and contemporary social concerns including the education of women and the behaviour of men.

Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761 --- Authors --- Literary Criticism --- Literary Collections