"Schwarz's study is chock full of judicious evaluation of
characters, narrative devices, ethical commentary, and helpful
information about historical and political contexts including the
role of Napoleon, the rise of capitalism, trains, class divisions,
transformation of rural life, and the struggle to define human
values in a period characterized by debates between and among
rationalism, spiritualism, and determinism. One experiences the
pleasure of watching a master critic as he re-reads, savors, and
passes on his hard-won wisdom about how we as humans read and why.
Daniel Morris, Professor of English, Purdue University Written by
one of literature's most esteemed scholars and critics, Reading the
European Novel to 1900 is an engaging and in-depth examination of
major works of the European novel from Cervantes' Don Quixote to
Zola's Germinal. In Daniel R. Schwarz's inimitable style, which
balances formal and historical criticism in precise, readable
prose, this book offers close readings of individual texts with
attention to each one's cultural and canonical context. Major texts
that he discusses: Cervantes' Don Quixote; Stendhal's The Red and
the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma; Balzac's Pere Goriot;
Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education; Dostoevsky's
Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers
Karamazov; Tolstoy's War and Peace and Anna Karenina; and Zola's
Germinal. Schwarz examines the history and evolution of the novel
during this period and defines each author's aesthetic, cultural,
political, and historical significance. Incorporating important
pedagogical suggestions and the latest research, this text provides
accessible and lucid discussion of the European novel to 1900 for
students, teachers, and general readers interested in the evolution
of the novelistic form.
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