Birth of the British Novel
BBC FOUR
Thursday 7 November 2024 22:50 - 23:50 (60 mins)
Henry Hitchings explores the lives and works of the radical 18th-century British novelists such as Defoe, Swift and Fielding who established the literary genres we recognise today. Also in HD. [S]
Mentioned: Swift, Fielding, Defoe, Richardson, Hogarth, Walpole, Evelina, Tristram Shandy, Century, Manfred, Caleb, Gulliver, British, Gulliver's Travels, Fanny Burney, Britain, Robinson Crusoe, Sterne, Burney, Dublin, Caleb Williams, Bath, Pamela, French, Strawberry Hill, Jane Austin, Austen, Enlightenment, Houyhnhnms, Gin Lane
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