Bad cop/good cop: Godwin, Mill and the imperial origins of the English detective

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Works by James Mill, historian and reformer, and William Godwin, radical author, argued that detectives could embody modern knowledge and promote British values. Mill's 1817 'History of British India' supported detection as a way to prevent government mismanagement, and Godwin's 1794 'Caleb Williams' was one of the earliest portrayals of detectives.

Detective and mystery stories, Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, English literature, 1775-1837 (Romantic period), Godwin, William, Mill, James

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Printing like a post-colonialist: the Irish piracy of 'Sir Charles Grandison'

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An Irish printer bribed Samuel Richardson's employees to deliver most of the manuscript of Richardson's novel 'The History of Sir Charles Grandison' to Dublin in 1753, where it was printed and sold. Richardson characterized the Irish as "pirates" and proposed a truce between the nations that favored England.

Ireland, Publishing industry, Interpretation and construction, Intellectual property, Richardson, Samuel

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In the bowels of the novel: the exhange of fluids in the beau monde

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Bath, England, exerted significant social and literary influence during the 18th century. Exchanging fluids at this place and time caused taste to develop as a form of consumption derived from exploitation.

Social aspects, Bath, England, Health resorts

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