Before Novels - The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction (Paperback, Revised)

By taking a close look at materials no previous twentieth-century critic has seriously investigated in literary terms ephemeral journalism, moralistic tracts, questions-and-answer columns, wonder narratives Paul Hunter discovers a tangled set of roots for the early novel. His provocative argument for a new historicized understanding of the genre and its early readers brilliantly reveals unexpected affinities. Patricia Meyer Spacks, Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English, University of Virginia"

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1992
First published:	June 1992
Authors:	J.Paul Hunter
Dimensions:	236 x 155 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	448
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-30861-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-393-30861-8
Barcode:	9780393308617

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