This guide is intended as a starting place for research for English 319: The 18th Century Novel, as taught by Dr. Jocelyn Coates, Fall 2016.
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British Novelists, 1660-1800 (Dictionary of Literary Biography, v.39) by British Romantic Novelists, 1789-1832 (Dictionary of Literary Biography, v. 116) by 
British and Irish Literature and Its Times: Celtic Migrations to the Reform Bill (Beginnings-1830s)
British Writers Vol. III Daniel Defoe to the Gothic Novel by "The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. "
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