An introduction to the English novel
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An introduction to the English novel
（Routledge revivals）
Routledge, 2016, c1967
- v. 1 : hbk
- v. 2 : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Reprint. Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 1967. (Hutchinson University Library)
"This edition first published in 2016 by Routledge"--t.p. verso
Contents of Works
- v. 1. To George Eliot
- v. 2. Henry James to 1950
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 2 : hbk ISBN 9781138950368
Description
First published in 1953, this book forms the second part of Arnold Kettle's An Introduction to the English Novel. In this second part, Kettle builds a discussion of the modern English novel around the study of various books that have a more than casual significance in its development. He begins with an analysis of James, Hardy and Butler: three late Victorian writers whose work points forward to the major preoccupations of twentieth-century novelists. In his discussion of a dozen or so of these points, the author examines their progress in the long struggle of the novelist to see life steadily and whole, and points out some of the problems and hazards that beset the writer still.
'The selection both of novelists and their work is excellent... it is both shrewd and witty...'
The Times Literary Supplement
'Altogether this is a refreshing, challenging and original work, wholly adult in tone, and never pedantic or dull'
The Guardian
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I: The Last Victorians 1. Introduction 2. Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady 3. Samuel Butler: The Way of All Flesh 4. Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Part II: The Twentieth Century- The First Quarter 1. Introduction 2. Joseph Conrad: Nostromo 3. Mr Bennett and Mrs Woolf 4. D. H. Lawrence: The Rainbow 5. James Joyce: Ulysses 6. E. M. Forster: A Passage to India Part III: The Twentieth Century- The Second Quarter 1. Introduction 2. Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 3. Graham Green: the Heart of the Matter 4. Joyce Cary: Mister Johnson 5. Ivy Crompton-Burnett: A Family and a Fortune 6. Henry Green: Party Going
- Notes and References
- Reading List
- Index
- Volume
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v. 1 : hbk ISBN 9781138954311
Description
First published in 1951 (this edition in 1967), this book forms the first part of Arnold Kettle's An Introduction to the English Novel. Since the novel, like every other literary form, is a product of history, the book opens with a discussion of how and why the novel developed in England in the eighteenth century, as well as the function and background of prose fiction. The third part of the book examines six great novels from Jane Austen to George Eliot.
'A serious and rewarding study.'
The Times Literary Supplement
'His examination of some eighteenth century writers and analysis of six famous novels- from Emma to Middlemarch- have wit, authority and a sensitivity that compel the reader's attention.'
Dublin Magazine
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I: Introductory 1. Life and pattern 2. Realism and romance Part II: The Eighteenth Century 1. Introduction 2. The moral fable 3. Defoe and the picaresque tradition 4. Richardson, Fielding, Sterne Part III: The Nineteenth Century (To George Eliot) 1. Introduction 2. Jane Austen: Emma 3. Scott: The Heart of Midlothian 4. Dickens: Oliver Twist 5. Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights 6. Thackeray: Vanity Fair 7. George Eliot: Middlemarch
- Notes and References
- Reading List
- Index
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