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The Modern Novel: A Short Introduction
Contributor(s): Matz, Jesse (Author)
ISBN: 1405100486     ISBN-13: 9781405100489
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2004
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Annotation: For at least 100 years now, novelists have experimented with ways to make fiction "modern," to make it better able to reflect and resist the perils and pleasures of modernity. This book looks at how they have done so, tracing the evolution of the modern novel through the twentieth century, and providing a framework through which readers of all kinds can appreciate the significance of the genre.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Reference
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 809.304
LCCN: 2003018399
Series: Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.08" W x 9.24" (0.95 lbs) 200 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
This book introduces readers to the history of the novel in the twentieth century and demonstrates its ongoing relevance as a literary form.

  • A jargon-free introduction to the whole history of the novel in the twentieth century.
  • Examines the main strands of twentieth-century fiction, including post-war, post-imperial and multicultural fiction, the global novel, the digital novel and the post-realist novel.
  • Offers students ideas about how to read the modern novel, how to enjoy its strange experiments, and how to assess its value, as well as suggesting ways to understand and appreciate the more difficult forms of modern fiction
  • Pays attention both to the practice of novel writing and to theoretical debates among novelists.
  • Claims that the novel is as purposeful and relevant today as it was a hundred years ago.
  • Serves as an excellent springboard for classroom discussions of the nature and purpose of modern fiction.