The Rise of the Novel

In this study, Ian Watts traces the genesis and development of the literary form, the novel. He investigates the reasons why the three main 18th-century novelists (Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding) wrote in the way they did.

Product details

• Authors: Watt, Iam Watt, Ian Watt, Ian P. Watt
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2000
• EAN: 9780712664271
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-6427-1
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 215 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies