| The Nineteenth-Century Novel: A Critical Reader Contributor(s): Regan, Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415238285 ISBN-13: 9780415238281 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2001 Annotation: "The Nineteenth Century Novel: A Critical Reader" provides a fascinating selection of nineteenth century essays and reviews on twelve important novels of the period. They are placed alongside modern critical essays specially chosen for their diverse readings of particular novels. By bringing together a range of critical material written across two centuries, the volume offers: * an insight into the changing reception of realist fiction * the problematic nature of realism * discussion of how debates about the meaning and function of realism shaped the kind of fiction that was written in the nineteenth century Useful headnotes and introduction are included explaining the issues and ideas which preoccupied nineteenth century authors as they sought to develop and refine "the art of fiction." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 809.303 |
| LCCN: 2002319255 |
| Series: Nineteenth-Century Novel |
| Physical Information: 1.27" H x 6.24" W x 9.18" (1.89 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Nineteenth-Century Novel: A Critical Reader provides a comprehensive selection of contemporary and modern essays on the most important novels of the period. By bringing together a range of material written across two centuries, it offers an insight into the changing reception of realist fiction and a discussion of how complex debates about the meaning and function of realism informed and shaped the kind of fiction that was written in the nineteenth century. The novels discussed are: Northanger Abbey, Jane Eyre, Dombey and Son, Middlemarch, Far From the Madding Crowd, Germinal, Madame Bovary, The Woman in White, The Portrait of a Lady, The Awakening, Dracula, Heart of Darkness. |
