Oliver Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefield and Cesare Beccaria’s On Crimes and Punishments
This paper posits the influence of Cesare Beccaria’s Dei delitti e delle pene on the development of characters and episodes in Oliver Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefield using the close analogies between the two texts, particularly the later chapters of the novel, the time lapse between the sale to t...
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| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Diciottesimo Secolo |
| Online Access: | https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ds/article/view/361 |