Exploring Scenes of “the English Urban Renaissance” in Tobias Smollett’s The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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Tobias Smollett’s The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771) charts the expedition of Mr. Mathew Bramble and his entourage through English cities and towns. Literary critics have remarked upon the negative portrayal of the English cities and towns in this novel by looking at Mr. Bramble’s dyspeptic view and the bucolic representation of Mr. Dennison’s life at the end of the work. By contextualizing this novel in the socio-cultural history of eighteenth-century England, especially the latter part of the century, this paper aims to illustrate the scenes of “the English Urban Renaissance.” Liddy’s perspective on the city of the late century and certain scenes which represent what this paper calls the triumph of the English Urban Renaissance are the focus of this paper. It also aims to show that the beautiful bucolic world portrayed at the end of the novel is made possible through help from the city.
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