The Novel-Essay, 1884-1947 (Studies in European Culture and History)

Ercolino, Stefano

Palgrave Macmillan（2014/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 194 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781137404107
• DDC分類 809.3034

Full Description

The novel-essay emerged in France, in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and reached its highest formal complexity in Austria and Germany, during the interwar period. Here, Ercolino argues that it is crucial for a renovated understating of the history of the novel in modernity.

Contents

Introduction PART I 1. Beyond Naturalist Aesthetics 2. The Critique of Modern Rationality 3. The Emergence of the Novel-Essay PART II 1. A Morphological Changeover 2. Mimicry 3. Dialectical Strains PART III 1. Philosophical Mimesis 2. Totality and the Grand Style 3. The Tear of History PART IV: FORM AND IDEOLOGY  Works Cited