The story of the development of the novel-its origin, rise, and
increasing popularity as a narrative form in an ever-expanding
range of geographic and cultural sites-is familiar and, according
to the contributors to this volume, severely limited. In a
far-reaching blend of comparative literature and transnational
cultural studies, this collection shifts the study of the novel
away from a consideration of what makes a particular narrative a
novel to a consideration of how novels function and what cultural
work they perform-from what novels are, to what they do. The essays
in Cultural Institutions of the Novel find new ways to analyze how
a genre notorious for its aesthetic unruliness has become
institutionalized-defined, legitimated, and equipped with a canon.
With a particular focus on the status of novels as commodities,
their mediation of national cultures, and their role in
transnational exchange, these pieces range from the seventeenth
century to the present and examine the forms and histories of the
novel in England, Nigeria, Japan, France, New Zealand, Canada, and
the United States. Works by Jane Austen, Natsume Soseki, Gabriel
Garcia Marquez, Buchi Emecheta, and Toni Morrison are among those
explored as Cultural Institutions of the Novel investigates how
theories of "the" novel and disputes about which narratives count
as novels shape social struggles and are implicated in contests
over cultural identity and authority.Contributors. Susan Z.
Andrade, Lauren Berlant, Homer Brown, Michelle Burnham, James A.
Fujii, Nancy Glazener, Dane Johnson, Lisa Lowe, Deidre Lynch, Jann
Matlock, Dorothea von Mucke, Bridget Orr, Clifford Siskin, Katie
Trumpener, William B. Warner
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