1st Edition
British It-Narratives, 1750–1830, Volume 2
416 Pages
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Routledge
It-narratives are prose fictions that take as their central characters animals or inanimate objects. This four-volume reset collection includes numerous examples of narratives in different forms, including short stories, excerpts from novels, periodical fiction and serialized works.
Volume 2 Animals Introduction The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760) ‘The Adventures of a Cat’, Westminster Magazine (1774) History of a French Louse (1779) [Dorothy Kilner], The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse ([c. 1785]) Memoirs and Adventures of a Flea (1785) The Story of the Learned Pig, by an Officer of the Royal Navy (1786) [Stephen Jones], The Life and Adventures of a Fly (1787) ‘Memoirs of Amourette, a Lap-Dog’, Lady’s Magazine (1791) Edward Augustus Kendall, The Crested Wren (1799) Memoirs of Dick, the Little Poney (1800) [Lucy Peacock], The Life of a Bee ([c. 1800]) The Dog of Knowledge; or, Memoirs of Bob, the Spotted Terrier (1801) Felissa; or, The Life and Opinions of a Kitten of Sentiment (1811) Arabella Argus, The Adventures of a Donkey (1815) The Life and Adventures of Toby, the Sapient Pig ([c. 1817]) Arabella Argus, Further Adventures of Jemmy Donkey (1821, 1830) Mary [Belson] Elliott, Confidential Memoirs (1821) Ann Elizabeth Oulton, The Adventures of a Parrot, Named Poll Pry (1826) Explanatory Notes, Textual Notes
Biography
Mark Blackwell, Liz Bellamy, Christina Lupton, Heathe Keenleyside
