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...

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Main Author: Barbara Witucki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2019-05-01
Series:Diciottesimo Secolo
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ds/article/view/361