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Novel definitions : an anthology of commentary on the novel, 1688-1815 /

Contributor(s): Nixon, Cheryl, 1965- [editor].
Publisher: Peterborough, Ont., Canada : Broadview Press, c2009Description: 435 p. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781551116464.Subject(s): English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism | Criticism -- 17th century -- 19th century | Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 809.033
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.
Summary: "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. The over 135 pieces here, many newly-discovered, include essays, prefaces, reviews, and sermons written by authors ranging from Aphra Behn to Walter Scott. Novel Definitions brings together authors' commentary on their work; debates concerning the novel's formal qualities and cultural position, including who should read novels; reviewers' definitions of the qualities that make a novel successful; and literary historians' first attempts to write the history of the novel."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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. The over 135 pieces here, many newly-discovered, include essays, prefaces, reviews, and sermons written by authors ranging from Aphra Behn to Walter Scott. Novel Definitions brings together authors' commentary on their work; debates concerning the novel's formal qualities and cultural position, including who should read novels; reviewers' definitions of the qualities that make a novel successful; and literary historians' first attempts to write the history of the novel."--Publisher's website.

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