Novel Characters: A Genealogy

ISBN-13: 9781405159517 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 208 str.

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Opis

Novel Characters offers a fascinating and in-depth history of the novelistic character from the -birth of the novel- in Don Quixote, through the great canonical works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the most influential international novels of the present day

• An original study which offers a unique approach to thinking about and discussing character
• Makes extensive reference to both traditional and more recent and specialized academic studies of the novel
• Provides a critical vocabulary for understanding how the novelistic conception of character has changed over time.
• Examines a broad range of novels, cultures, and periods
• Promotes discussion of how different cultures and times think about human identity, and how the concept of what a character is has changed over time