In this Book
- The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Georgia Press
- Series: The Works of Tobias Smollett
Sir Launcelot Greaves was a groundbreaking novel for Smollett. Published in British Magazine 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.
Sir Launcelot Greaves, 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.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xv-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. xvii-lvii
- Chapter I.
- pp. 1-9
- Chapter II.
- pp. 9-19
- Chapter III.
- pp. 20-30
- Chapter IV.
- pp. 30-41
- Chapter V.
- pp. 41-49
- Chapter VI.
- pp. 49-53
- Chapter VII.
- pp. 53-61
- Chapter VIII.
- pp. 61-67
- Chapter IX.
- pp. 67-76
- Chapter X.
- pp. 76-83
- Chapter XI.
- pp. 83-90
- Chapter XII.
- pp. 91-98
- Chapter XIII.
- pp. 98-107
- Chapter XIV.
- pp. 107-114
- Chapter XV.
- pp. 114-121
- Chapter XVI.
- pp. 121-130
- Chapter XVII.
- pp. 130-138
- Chapter XVIII.
- pp. 138-144
- Chapter XIX.
- pp. 145-152
- Chapter XX.
- pp. 153-158
- Chapter XXI.
- pp. 159-166
- Chaoter XXII.
- pp. 166-174
- Chapter XXIII.
- pp. 174-181
- Chapter XXIV.
- pp. 181-189
- Chapter The Last.
- pp. 189-198
- Notes to the Text
- pp. 199-254
- Textual Commentary
- pp. 255-270
- List of Emendations
- pp. 271-276
- Textual Notes
- pp. 277-278
- Word-Division
- pp. 279-284
- Historical Collation
- pp. 285-300
- Publication Dates
- pp. 301-302
- Biographical Descriptions
- pp. 303-306
- Other Works
- p. 315