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A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of the revolutions and improvements in science, art, and literature, during that period.Romances and novels.

A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of... Fictitious narrative, as a medium of instruction or entertainment, has been employed from the earliest ages of which we have any knowledge. Of this kind of composition, we have some interesting specimens in the sacred writings. But, like every thing else in the hands of depraved man, it has been unhappily perverted and abused. For many centuries the only form of fictitious history in vogue was that of Romance, or descriptions of the characters and manners of former times, mingled with many extravagant and improbable circumstances, and calculated to meet that fondness for the marvelous, which so strongly characterizes the human mind. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of the revolutions and improvements in science, art, and literature, during that period.Romances and novels.

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T and J Swords
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Copyright © 1803 American Psychological Association
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155 –179
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10.1037/11673-008
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Fictitious narrative, as a medium of instruction or entertainment, has been employed from the earliest ages of which we have any knowledge. Of this kind of composition, we have some interesting specimens in the sacred writings. But, like every thing else in the hands of depraved man, it has been unhappily perverted and abused. For many centuries the only form of fictitious history in vogue was that of Romance, or descriptions of the characters and manners of former times, mingled with many extravagant and improbable circumstances, and calculated to meet that fondness for the marvelous, which so strongly characterizes the human mind. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 10, 2008

Keywords: romance; novels; fictitious narratives; history

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