The "good man" of the XVIIIth century: a monograph on XVIIIth century didactic literature;
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Introduction: the place of "the good man" in XVIIIth century literature.--Eclectic virtue: the English essay (The Spectator, 1711-1714)--The "good man" human: the English novel (Fielding). "Parson Adams" in Joseph Andrews (1740)--Personal holiness: "A serious call to a devout and holy life," by William Law (1729)--Anti-cant: "Candide," by Voltaire (1759) "Rasselas," by Samuel Johnson (1759)--Pseudo-Orientalism: "Lettres persanes," by Montesquieu (1721) "Citizen of the world," by Oliver Goldsmith (1760)--"Enlightenment": "Profession de foi du Vicaire Savoyard" (part of "Émile") by J. J. Rousseau (1764) "Nathan der Weise," by G. E. Lessing (1779)
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