Humphry Clinker汉弗莱·克林克

The text ofthis edition ofone ofthe finest and funniest epistolary novels is taken from the first edition，of 177 1，and includes the illustrations that Thomas Rowlandson added to the novel in 1790-93．A few obvious typographical errors have been corrected，but Smollett’S creatively used misspellings in the letters of Tabitha Bramble and the inimitable Win Jenkins have been retained with all of their comically earthy overtones．
Contemporary responses to the controversial Smollett’S last noveI are provided by a series of reviews that appeared on the English scene immediately after its publication．A letter from a friend tO the author upon its publication is also included．
The criticism section iS led Off by Sir Walter Scott’S early—nineteenth— century assessment of the novel and includes modern essays by Lewis M． Knapp，Byron Gassman，Mary Wagoner，William Park，Wolfgang lser, John Sekora．and John F Sena and a bibliographical essay by Connie Capers Thorson．The volume also contains a selective bibliography of works on Smollett and particularly on Humphrv Clinker.

James L. Thorson is associate professor of English at the University of New Mexico. He has also taught at Oxford University, the University Kiril i Metodij in Skopje, Yugoslavia, the University of Nebraska, and Cornell University, from which he received his Ph.D. He is the author of articles on British and American literature and is the editor of Yugoslav Perspectives on American Literature. He has been the recipient of fellow-ships from Jesus College, Oxford, and the Fulbright Commission as well as grants from the University of New Mexico.

List of Illustrations
Prefaca
The Text of The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
Map
Contemporary Responses
From The Criticaj Review
　From the Hibemian Magazine
　From the Court and City Magazine
　From the Town and Country Magazine
　From the Gentleman’S Magazine
　From The Universal Magazine
　From the London Magazine
　From the Monthly Review
　Letter from Iohn Gray to Tobias Smollett
Criticism
　Sir Walter Scott·Tobias Smollett
　Lewis M．Knapp·Smollett’S Self．Portrait in The
　Expedition of Humphry C／inker
　Byron Gassman·The Economy of Humphry C1inker
　Mary Wagoner·On the Satire in Humphry C1inker
　William Park·Fathers and Sons：Humphry C1inker
　Wolfgang Iser·The Generic Control of the Aesthetic
　 Response：An Examination of Smollett’S Humphry
　 Clinker
　Iohn Sekora·The Politics of Humphry Clinker
　lohn F．Sena·Ancient Designs and Modern Folly：
　 Architecture in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
　Connie Capers Thorson·Smollett and Humphry Clinker
　　A Bibli02raDhical Essay
　Bibliography