From Fiction to the Novel

ISBN-13: 9780367896010 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 230 str.

Opis

Originally published in 1987, this title is a comprehensive study focused on experimental forms in eighteenth-century fiction. Looking at works from well-known authors of the time this learned and lively book, gently but precisely undermines a basic category of modern literary understanding.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments.  1. ‘A Small Tale, Generally of Love’  2. ‘On Fable and Romance’  3. Amelia’s Nose: Perceptions of Reality  4. ‘Romances, Chocolate, Novels, and the Like Inflamers’  5. Motley Emblems and Much Wanted Standards  6. ‘The Most Heterogeneous Ideas are Yoked by Violence Together’.  Notes.  Index.

O autorze

Geoffrey Day