Conversion and Reform analyzes the work of those British reformists writing in the 1790s who reshaped the conventions of fiction to reposition the novel as a progressive political tool. Includes new readings of key figures such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Holcroft.

Autorentext
A.A. MARKELY is Associate Professor of English, Penn State University, Brandywine, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: An Epoch in the Mind of the Reader The Many Faces of the Reformist Hero Incarcerated Women and the Uses of the Gothic Race and the Disenfranchised in 1790s Britain Gambling, Duelling and Social Depravity in the Haut Ton The Dulci with the Utile: Allegorical and Utopian Romance