Discourse of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century Fiction

I-VI -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE LANDSCAPE OF UNCERTAINTY -- II. PAMELA: TOWARD THE GOVERNANCE OF TIME -- III. CLARISSA: THE CURSE OF INTELLECT -- IV. JOHNSON'S LIFE OF SAVAGE: THE DISPLACEMENT OF AUTHORITY -- V. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD: A "SICKLY SENSIBILITY" AND THE REWARDS OF FORTUNE -- VI. ? SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY: "A SORT OF KNOWINGNESS" -- CONCLUSION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX