The "good Man" of the Xviiith Century: a Monograph On Xviiith Century Didactic Literature;

Introduction: the place of "the good man" in XVIIIth century literature.--Eclectic virtue: the English essay (The Spectator, 1711-1714)--The "good man" human: the English novel (Fielding). "Parson Adams" in Joseph Andrews (1740)--Personal holiness: "A serious call to a devout and holy life," by William Law (1729)--Anti-cant: "Candide," by Voltaire (1759) "Rasselas," by Samuel Johnson (1759)--Pseudo-Orientalism: "Lettres persanes," by Montesquieu (1721) "Citizen of the world," by Oliver Goldsmith