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Tobias Smollett was an eighteenth-century surgeon, writer, novelist, and editor. He was a Scotsman who sought his fortune in south Briton. Throughout his life and career he experienced many of the cultural and political influences that helped to shape the British identity. His youth as a Lowland Scot, student and apprentice, and naval surgeon enabled him to embrace this new identity. His involvement in nearly every aspect of the publishing process in London enabled him to shape, define, and encourage this identity. His legacy, through his works and his life story, illustrates the different ways in which the United Kingdom and its inhabitants have been perceived throughout the centuries. As a prominent man of his time and an enduring literary figure to this day, Smollett offers an ideal prism through which to view the formation of the British identity.
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- Tobias Smollett, or How a gentleman of Scotland and London experienced the formation of the British identity
- Tobias Smollett
- How a gentleman of Scotland and London experienced the formation of the British identity
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- Keough, Megan (Author)
- Warnicke, Retha (Thesis advisor)
- Szuter, Christine (Committee member)
- Wright, Kent (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2011
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thesisPartial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2011
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bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 119-124)
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Field of study: History
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Megan Keough