The Rise of the Novel

ISBN-13: 9780230251823 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 240 str.

Nicholas Seager

Opis

An approachable and stimulating survey of the key critical issues surrounding the 'rise' of the novel form, from eighteenth century criticism through to present day debates

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Accounts of the Rise of the Novel New Criticism toThe Rise of the Novel, 1924-1957 Restructuring the Rise of the Novel, 1958-1985 Cultural History and the Rise of the Novel, 1980-1989 Feminism and the Rise of the Novel Postcolonialism, Postnationalism and the Rise of the Novel Rethinking the Rise of the Novel, 1990-2000 Print Culture and the Rise of the Novel, 1990-2010 Thematic Criticism of the Rise of the Novel 1: Family, Law, Sex and Society Thematic Criticism of the Rise of the Novel 2: Money, Medicine, Politics and Things Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.

O autorze

NICHOLAS SEAGER is Lecturer in English Literature at Keele University, UK.

Blurb

Why have scholars located the emergence of the novel in eighteenth-century England? What historical forces and stylistic developments helped to turn a disreputable type of writing into an eminent literary form?

This Reader's Guide explores the key critical debates and theories about the rising novel, from eighteenth-century assessments through to present day concerns. Nicholas Seager:
• surveys major criticism on authors such as Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding and Jane Austen
• covers a range of critical approaches and topics including feminism, historicism, postcolonialism and print culture
• demonstrates how critical work is interrelated, allowing readers to discern trends in the critical conversation.

Approachable and stimulating, this is an invaluable introduction for anyone studying the origins of the novel and the surrounding body of scholarship.