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- Title
'A Man Obscurely Situated': Samuel Richardson, Autobiography and 'The History of Mrs Beaumont'.
- Authors
CURRAN, LOUISE
- Abstract
This article considers Samuel Richardson's final fictional work, 'The History of Mrs Beaumont', a story removed from his last published novel, Sir Charles Grandison (1753-4), that now survives in manuscript form (following partial publication in 1804). It explores Richardson's interest in different forms of life-writing, draws attention to the quasi-autobiographical nature of this work and argues that 'Mrs Beaumont' demonstrates a new interest in the way personal history could be used in fictional practice. The article concludes that, though fragmentary and neglected by critics to date, the work is a significant part of the novelist's literary oeuvre.
- Subjects
HISTORY of Mrs. Beaumont, The (Short story); RICHARDSON, Samuel, 1689-1761; HISTORY of Sir Charles Grandison, The (Book : Richardson); AUTOBIOGRAPHY; ENGLISH autobiographical fiction; 18TH century English fiction
- Publication
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 2, p279
- ISSN
1754-0194
- Publication type
Short Story Review
- DOI
10.1111/j.1754-0208.2012.00546.x