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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History Anthologies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Novel definitions. Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, ©2009 (OCoLC)648997803 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Cheryl Nixon |
ISBN: | 9781551116464 1551116464 |
OCLC Number: | 271433307 |
Description: | 435 p. ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | Part 1: Prefatory writing. The novel's relationship to fact, fiction, and truth ; The novel's definition as a romance, history, biography, or other form ; The novel's structuring of plot, character, style, and morality ; The novel's definition as a gothic, eastern, sentimental, political, or historical tale. -- Part 2: Critical essays. The novel's relation to fact, fiction, and the real ; The novel's definition as a romance, history, biography, or other form ; The novel's structuring of plot, character, style, and morality. -- Part 3: Cultural commentary. The novel's expanding popularity ; The novel's moral influence ; The novel's proper use by young people ; The novel's power over women ; The novel's threat to religion. -- Part 4: Book reviews. Competing reviews of the same novel ; Positive reviews of the novel's plot, character, style, and morality ; Negative reviews of the novel's plot, character, style, and morality ; Writers review the critics. -- Part 5: Histories of the novel. The rise of the novel. |
Responsibility: | edited by Cheryl Nixon. |
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Abstract:
Novel Definitions captures the lively critical debate surrounding the invention of the English novel, showing how the rise of the novel is accompanied by a rise in popular literary criticism.
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