The Cambridge introduction to the novel
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The Cambridge introduction to the novel
(Cambridge introductions to literature)
Cambridge University Press, 2011
- : hardback
- : pbk
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Note
Actually available in 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Beginning its life as the sensational entertainment of the eighteenth century, the novel has become the major literary genre of modern times. Drawing on hundreds of examples of famous novels from all over the world, Marina MacKay explores the essential aspects of the novel and its history: where novels came from and why we read them; how we think about their styles and techniques, their people, plots, places, and politics. Between the main chapters are longer readings of individual works, from Don Quixote to Midnight's Children. A glossary of key terms and a guide to further reading are included, making this an ideal accompaniment to introductory courses on the novel.
Table of Contents
- About this book
- 1. Why the novel matters
- Interchapter: Don Quixote
- 2. Origins of the novel
- Interchapter: Tristram Shandy
- 3. Narrating the novel
- Interchapter: Justified Sinner
- 4. Character and the novel
- Interchapter: The Scarlet Letter
- 5. Plotting the novel
- Interchapter: Madame Bovary
- 6. Setting the novel
- Interchapter: Bleak House
- 7. Time and history
- Interchapter: To the Lighthouse
- 8. Genre and subgenre
- Interchapter: The Ministry of Fear
- 9. Novel and anti-novel
- Interchapter: The Crying of Lot 49
- 10. Novel, nation, community
- Interchapter: Midnight's Children
- 11. Concluding
- Glossary
- Further reading.
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