The inn and the traveller : digressive topographies in the early modern European novel

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    • McMorran, Will

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The inn and the traveller : digressive topographies in the early modern European novel

Will McMorran

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European Humanities Research Centre, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and index

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Description

In the landscape of the early modern European comic novel the inn often features as a monument to digression - the perfect setting for chance encounters with strangers who always have a story to tell. This wide-ranging comparative study explores the special part played by the inn, tracing the progress of a succession of wayward heroes and narrators in five canonical texts: Cervantes's "Don Quijote", Scarron's "Roman comique", Fielding's "Joseph Andrews" and "Tom Jones", Sterne's "Tristram Shandy" and Diderot's "Jacques le fataliste". As this celebration of digressive fiction unfolds, a very different picture emerges of the novel's rise and development.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1: Before Palomeque: Hospitality and Storytelling
  • 2: Don Quijote The Inn and the Castle
  • 3: Le Roman comique Town, Country and the Provincial Inn
  • 4: Fielding I The Topography of Travel
  • 5: Fielding II The Topology of Travel
  • 6: Tristram Shandy Narrative as Travelogue
  • 7: Jacques le Fataliste et son maitre Travelogue as Narrative
  • Conclusion

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