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Oliver  \nSamuel Richardson, Dress, and Discourse  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nSamuel Richardson, Dress, and Discourse  \nKathleen M. Oliver  \nAssistant Professor, Department of English, University of Central Florida  \n© Kathleen M. Oliver 2008  \nAll rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP.  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.  \nThe author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nFirst published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN  \nHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and  \n175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010  \nCompanies and representatives throughout the world  \nPALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.  \nISBN-13: 978-0-230-57452-6  \nISBN-10: 0-230-57452-1  \nhardback  \nhardback  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain by  \nCPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne  \nTo Charlie  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nContents  \nList of Illustrations viii  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nIntroduction 1  \nPart I The Body and Dress of Thought 21  \n1 Dress and the Discourses of the Mind 26  \n2 Dress in 18th-Century English Life and Literature 40  \nPart II Dressing for Success with Pamela 49  \n3 Ladies, Gentlemen, and Servants: Virtue and the  \nDomestic Ideal 54  \n4 “So Neat, So Clean, So Pretty!”: Dressing Up Virtue 63  \n5 Quaker, Rustic, and Fool: Masquerading with Mrs. B. 81  \nPart III Window-Shopping the Essential Self  \nwith Clarissa 89  \n6 Virtuous Stays and Sexual Hoops: The Social Self 101  \n7 “Of Her Own Invention”: Revealing the Self 108  \n8 “Where ... Art is Designed”: Concealing the Self 125  \nPart IV Refashioning the World with Sir Charles Grandison 141  \n9 “A Conformist to Fashion”: Dressing for Duty 153  \n10 “A Mighty Glitter”: Seeing through the Veil 162  \n11 “Dressing in Colours”: Changing the Guard 175  \nConclusion 195  \nNotes 198  \nWorks Cited 219  \nIndex 227  \nIllustrations  \n4.1 Pamela [and Mr. B. in](and Mr. B. in) the Summerhouse, from “Pamela: or Virtue Rewarded” by Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), published 1740, c. 1744 (oil on canvas) by Joseph Highmore (1692–1780) . By permission of Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library  \n4.2 Joseph Highmore. English (1692–1780) . Pamela Preparing to Go Home (1743–4) . Oil on canvas. 63.5􀀁76.2 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Felton Bequest, 1921. By permission of National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne  \n7.1 Robert Lovelace preparing to abduct Clarissa Harlowe, from “Clarissa” by Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) by Francis Hayman (1708–76) . By permission of Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library  \n7.2 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Mademoiselle Ca","cbCaip1VpwEUKt9i","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip1VpwEUKt9i","pdf",1154988,240,"English","# Contents\n## List of Illustrations\n## Acknowledgments\n## Introduction\n## Part I The Body and Dress of Thought\n## Part II Dressing for Success with Pamela\n## Part III Window-Shopping the Essential Self with Clarissa\n## Part IV Refashioning the World with Sir Charles Grandison\n## Conclusion\n## Notes\n## Works Cited\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of the book?\",\"answer\":\"The book examines how dress operates as a form of discourse—shaping and expressing mind, moral identity, and social selfhood in Richardson’s novels.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the argument organized across the chapters?\",\"answer\":\"It is structured into four main parts that move from general theory about thought and dress, to specific readings of Pamela, Clarissa, and Grandison, followed by a conclusion.\"},{\"question\":\"Which Richardson works are discussed in depth?\",\"answer\":\"Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison are the primary novel texts, with the discussion also connecting clothing to themes like virtue, secrecy, duty, and self-invention.\"}]","Samuel Richardson, Dress and Discourse - Introduction, Parts I-IV and Conclusion | PDF",1790460922,370]