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The Novel in Letters - Epistolary Fiction in the Early English Novel 1678-1740 (Hardcover)
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The Novel in Letters - Epistolary Fiction in the Early English Novel 1678-1740 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1969, The Novel in Letters is a collection of
nine novels in letters, representative of certain tendencies in
narrative technique and subject-matter between 1678 and 1740. The
editor shows how the narrative attitude of the letter writer, his
humorous or sentimental viewpoint, give the events the flavour of
personal experience. Motifs such as the arranged betrothal, or the
gradual decline of an innocent girl to a common whore thus become
more immediate. The increasing importance of the narrator, the use
of the point-of-view technique, sentimental analysis, and a new
interest in characterisation through direct or indirect
self-revelation, all mark the transition from the romance to the
'realistic novel.' In the introduction, the editor traces the
structure of the epistolary novel back to the sub-literary forms
which it most resembles and illustrates how the novel is rooted in
journalism and other forms of non-literary writing such as the
genuine letter, the diary, autobiography, manuals and didactic
literature. There is also an examination of the problem of
differentiating between historical reality and literary fiction.
This book will be of interest to students and teachers of
literature.
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