{"product_id":"the-life-and-adventures-of-sir-launcelot-greaves-paperback","title":"The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTobias Smollett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Pettit\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Laning Fitzpatrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition brings to life Tobias Smollett's fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves\u003c\/i\u003e. No annotated edition of the work existed before the second half of the twentieth century, and this comprehensive edition by Robert Folkenflik and Barbara Laning Fitzpatrick features more accurate text as well as scrupulous textual and critical information. Also included in the detailed introduction is a unique examination of Sir Launcelot Greaves, the first illustrated serial novel, in relation to the engravings by Anthony Walker. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Launcelot Greaves\u003c\/i\u003e was a groundbreaking novel for Smollett. Published in \u003ci\u003eBritish Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e beginning in January 1760, it was the first major work by an English novelist to have been written specifically for serial publication. The novel, Smollett's shortest, differs stylistically from his previous works. The most attractive of his heroes, Sir Launcelot is virtuous and strange, and he is surrounded by a Smollettian menagerie whose various jargons are part of this novel's linguistic virtuosity and satire. Sir Launcelot's character is an English naturalization of Quixote. Although Sir Launcelot, unlike Quixote, is not the object of the author's satire, an idealistic madness is central to both characters. In Smollett's work the theme of madness is integral to the relationship between self and society as the work ponders both the constitution of madness and the alternatives to revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Launcelot Greaves\u003c\/i\u003e, though not Smollett's most heralded work, has not received the recognition it deserves. Folkenflik and Fitzpatrick present a definitive edition that will be appreciated by scholars and lovers of eighteenth-century literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTobias Smollett (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e TOBIAS SMOLLETT (1721-1771) was a novelist, playwright, journalist, historian, travel writer, critic, translator, editor, and compiler--an eighteenth-century man of letters in the fullest sense of the phrase. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eO M Brack Jr. (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e O M BRACK, JR., a professor of English literature emeritus at Arizona State University, is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSamuel Johnson's Early Biographers\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Early Biographies of Samuel Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e. He has edited volumes of the \u003ci\u003eWorks of Samuel Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e published by Yale and is textual editor for the Georgia series the Works of Tobias Smollett. Brack is the curator of the 2009 Johnson tercentenary exhibition at the Huntington Library. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Folkenflik (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ROBERT FOLKENFLIK is the Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He served as general editor of the series Irvine Studies in the Humanities. His books include \u003ci\u003eSamuel Johnson, Biographer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe English Hero, 1660-1800\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Pettit (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ALEXANDER PETTIT is an associate professor of English at the University of North Texas. He is also the general editor of three series: The Works of Tobias Smollett (Georgia), British Ideas and Issues, 1660-1820, and Selected Works of Eliza Haywood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52522295394611,"sku":"9780820346083","price":78.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UUtiTDQyL081dVBnVkF4MWt4d1Fqdz09.webp?v=1760547201","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-life-and-adventures-of-sir-launcelot-greaves-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}