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245 00 $aNovel Definitions$bAn Anthology of Commentary on the Novel, 1688-1815.
260 $bBroadview Pr$c2009.
300 $a435 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"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.
505 0 $aPart 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.
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$y18th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aCriticism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xIntellectual life$y18th century.
700 1 $aNixon, Cheryl,$d1965-
776 08 $iOnline version:$tNovel definitions.$dPeterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2009$w(OCoLC)648997803
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