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  • Chapter 19 - Fiction

  • from Part III - Literary Contexts
  • Edited by Michael Griffin, University of Limerick, David O'Shaughnessy, University of Galway
  • Book:
    Oliver Goldsmith in Context
    Published online:
    28 November 2024
    Print publication:
    07 November 2024, pp 161-168

  • Summary

    In comparison to other canonical writers of the mid eighteenth century, Oliver Goldsmith has left little from which his views on fiction might be ascertained. This chapter considers both canonical English novels of the middle of the century, and contemporary French writing, as important contexts for the study of Goldsmith’s fiction, and in particular his Vicar of Wakefield. Also considered are problematic attributions to Goldsmith of works other than his famed Vicar, and the longevity and geographical reach of that novel’s appeal.