Social History and Literary Genres in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain: Or, the Strange and Fascinating Case of Joshua Dudley

IF 0.2 3区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1353/sip.2023.0012
R. Walker
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Abstract:The Memoirs of the Life of Joshua Dudley (1772) has received virtually no critical attention since its publication, and this is undeserved. Memoirs participates in several important eighteenth-century literary genres: it is an autobiography and a convict narrative that includes picaresque and sea adventures and subordinates within it poetry and joke-book, trickster anecdotes. Although two social historians have discussed its role within their treatment of the contemporary terrorist attack on the Royal Dockyards (1770), it has more to tell us about the role of Quakers, especially within the merchant class, and the conflict between religious belief and commercial success. Consideration of pertinent material in the periodical literature of the day, particularly the Whisperer (1771) and the Craftsman and the Virginia Gazette (1774), allow us to round out the life story given in the Memoirs, as well as suggesting that the appetite of the reading public transcended generic limitations. Finally, Memoirs is a fascinating narrative of Dudley's virtuoso dedication to the art of duplicity that leaves us wishing we had more of his writings.
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18世纪中期英国的社会史与文学流派——或者说,乔舒亚·达德利离奇而迷人的案例
摘要:《乔舒亚·达德利回忆录》(1772)自出版以来,几乎没有受到任何批评,这是不应有的。回忆录涉及18世纪几个重要的文学流派:它是一本自传和一个罪犯叙事,其中包括流浪汉和海上冒险,以及其中的下属诗歌和笑话书,骗子轶事。尽管两位社会历史学家在处理当代皇家船坞恐怖袭击(1770年)时讨论了它的作用,但它更多地告诉我们贵格会教徒的作用,尤其是在商人阶层中,以及宗教信仰与商业成功之间的冲突。考虑到当时的期刊文献中的相关材料,特别是《低语者》(1771年)和《工匠与弗吉尼亚公报》(1774年),我们可以完善回忆录中的人生故事,并表明读者的兴趣超越了一般的局限性。最后,《回忆录》讲述了达德利对口是心非艺术的精湛奉献,这让我们希望能有更多他的作品。
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期刊介绍: Founded in 1903, Studies in Philology addresses scholars in a wide range of disciplines, though traditionally its strength has been English Medieval and Renaissance studies. SIP publishes articles on British literature before 1900 and on relations between British literature and works in the Classical, Romance, and Germanic Languages.
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