From Fiction to the Novel
Originally published in 1987, this title is a comprehensive study focused on experimental forms in eighteenth-century fiction. It suggests that the eighteenth-century novel is misread because it is judged with the templates of nineteenth and twentieth century versions of ‘the novel’ in mind, rather than as a standalone genre. Looking at works from well-known authors of the time this learned and lively book, gently but precisely undermines a basic category of modern literary understanding.

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From Fiction to the Novel
Originally published in 1987, this title is a comprehensive study focused on experimental forms in eighteenth-century fiction. It suggests that the eighteenth-century novel is misread because it is judged with the templates of nineteenth and twentieth century versions of ‘the novel’ in mind, rather than as a standalone genre. Looking at works from well-known authors of the time this learned and lively book, gently but precisely undermines a basic category of modern literary understanding.

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From Fiction to the Novel

From Fiction to the Novel

by Geoffrey Day
From Fiction to the Novel

From Fiction to the Novel

by Geoffrey Day

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Originally published in 1987, this title is a comprehensive study focused on experimental forms in eighteenth-century fiction. It suggests that the eighteenth-century novel is misread because it is judged with the templates of nineteenth and twentieth century versions of ‘the novel’ in mind, rather than as a standalone genre. Looking at works from well-known authors of the time this learned and lively book, gently but precisely undermines a basic category of modern literary understanding.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367896010
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/19/2022
Series: Routledge Library Editions: 18th Century Literature
Pages: 234
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Geoffrey Day

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. 1. ‘A Small Tale, Generally of Love’ 2. ‘On Fable and Romance’ 3. Amelia’s Nose: Perceptions of Reality 4. ‘Romances, Chocolate, Novels, and the Like Inflamers’ 5. Motley Emblems and Much Wanted Standards 6. ‘The Most Heterogeneous Ideas are Yoked by Violence Together’. Notes. Index.

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