Making the Novel
Fiction and Society in Britain, 1660-1789
Published on 3. January 2006
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-333-62853-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book advances a new cultural reading of the formation of the British novel. Rejecting a teleological narrative of the genre's 'rise' and through close analysis of key texts, the authors present a dynamic picture of the emergence of the novel, which focuses upon formal innovation, social engagement, and artistic and commercial competition.
Reviews / Votes
'A wide-ranging and sophisticated study of the novel that neatly combines a survey of the history and theory of the novel with a series of insightful readings of some of the major works of the eighteenth-century. Best of all, it's unfailingly lively and readable and brings the eighteenth-century novel to life.' - Jack Lynch, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USAMore details
Edition
2006
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
489 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-62853-9 (9780333628539)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-80223-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
BREAN HAMMOND is Professor of English at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of numerous books and articles on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writing, including Professional Imaginative Writing in England 1670-1740 (1997). He is a former President of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
SHAUN REGAN is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature at Queen's University Belfast, UK. He has published articles on Sterne, print culture, and the culture of politeness. He was formerly a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin.
SHAUN REGAN is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature at Queen's University Belfast, UK. He has published articles on Sterne, print culture, and the culture of politeness. He was formerly a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin.
Content
Acknowledgements.- Introduction: Modelling the Novel.- Missing Parts: Fiction to Defoe.- Novels and Anti-Novels: Contesting Fictions.- Teaching Readers to Read: Richardson and Fielding.- Renewing the Novel: Novelty, Originality, and New Directions.- The Sympathetic Strain: Sterne and Sentimental Fiction.- Narrating the Nation: Leisure, Luxury, and Politeness.- Conclusion: Making the Novel, Reading the Novel.- Bibliography.- Index.