Screen LibraryNew directions in the history of the novel
New Directions in the History of the Novel challenges received views of literary history and sets out new areas for research. A re-examination of the nature of prose fiction in English and its study from the Renaissance to the 21st century, it will become required reading for teachers and students o...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Directions in the History of the Novel challenges received views of literary history and sets out new areas for research. A re-examination of the nature of prose fiction in English and its study from the Renaissance to the 21st century, it will become required reading for teachers and students of the novel and its history. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137026972. |
| Carrier Form: | 256 p. : 10 b&w, ill. |
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9781137026989 : 1137026987 : |
| CLC: | I561.074 |
| Contents: | List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors 1. Introduction PART I: THE MATERIAL TEXT 2. Novel Designs: Manipulating the Page in English Fiction, 1660-1780-- Thomas Keymer 3. Textual Instability and the Contemporary Novel: Reading Janice Galloway's The Trick is to Keep Breathing On and Off the Page-- Andrew Nash 4. The Early American Novel in Fragments: Writing and Reading Serial Fiction in the Post-Revolutionary United States-- Matthew Pethers 5. Archive Fever: The Publishers' Archive and the History of the Novel-- Nicola Wilson PART II: LITERARY HISTORIES: QUESTIONS OF |