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Sokoloff, Janice M. – Gerontologist, 1986
Analyzes the novel Moll Flanders, written by Daniel Defoe in 1721, as a portrait of female aging timely for present day readers in gerontology. Notes that Defoe's writing shows an understanding for twentieth century concerns in regard to age-grading and the life cycle. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Females
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Salm, Peter – German Quarterly, 1973
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Fiction, Formal Criticism
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Ludlow, Gregory – French Review, 1973
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Formal Criticism, French Literature
Pollin, Burton R. – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1971
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, English Literature, Literary Influences
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Singerman, Alan J. – French Review, 1973
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature
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Morgan, Alice – Journal of General Education, 1972
Author points out two major difficulties with Emma" as an assignment: information (social facts, physical facts) needed to understand the setting and events, and the problem of making possible some relationship with so unreforming a work. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, English Literature, Fiction
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Tobin, Ronald W. – French Review, 1972
Paper originally presented as a talk during a panel discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association in New York, New York, December 29, 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature, Formal Criticism
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Hafter, Monroe Z. – Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 1971
Descriptors: Biographies, Characterization, Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature
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Ryder, Frank G. – German Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature, German Literature
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Gutwirth, Madelyn – Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 1971
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Females, French Literature
Jost, Francois – Contact, 1970
Descriptors: Characterization, Cultural Context, Eighteenth Century Literature, Foreign Culture
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Berman, Lorna; Nelson, Judy – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1987
Surveyed Voltaire's 50 plays to examine traits and roles assigned to elderly, influence of genre and author's age on portrayals, and factors to which elder's traits were attributed. Found elderly portrayed more favorably in tragedy than in comedy; no effect of period of life on portrayals. Wisdom was only trait consistently and specifically…
Descriptors: Characterization, Chronological Age, Comedy, Drama
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Dowling, John – Hispania, 1970
Descriptors: Characterization, Comedy, Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature
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Morris, Madeleine – French Review, 1970
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Christianity, Eighteenth Century Literature
Picard, Bernard – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Formal Criticism, French Literature
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