Cambridge Introduction to the Eighteenth-Century Novel

Informationen zum Autor April London is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa. Klappentext Explains the development of the genre in its formative period in Britain, and includes detailed analysis of key novels by Fielding, Richardson and Burney. Zusammenfassung This introductory book explains the development of the genre in its formative period in Britain. The reader will gain a thorough understanding of both prominent and lesser-known novels and novelists! key social and literary contexts! formal qualities and the novel's growth from a marginal to a culturally central genre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Secrets and Singularity: 1. Daniel Defoe and the power of singularity; 2. The virtue of singularity; 3. The punishment of singularity; Part II. Sociability and Community: 4. The reformation of family; 5. Alternative communities; 6. The sociability of books; Part III. History and Nation: 7. History, novel, and polemic; 8. Historical fiction and generational distance; Guide to further reading; Index.

Product details

• Authors: April London, April (University of Ottawa) London
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9780521719674
• ISBN: 978-0-521-71967-4
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge Introductions to Lit
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies