１８世紀における小説の興隆 The Rise of the Novel (Readers Guides to Essential Criticism)

Seager, Nicholas/ Tredell, Nicolas (EDT)

Palgrave Macmillan（2012/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 228 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230251823
• DDC分類 823.509

基本説明

This Guide explores the dominant methodologies, theories and debates surrounding the emergence of the novel during the eighteenth century.

Full Description

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.

Contents

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.