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"Novel Definitions captures the lively critical debate surrounding the invention of the English novel, showing how the rise of the novel is accompanied by a rise in popular literary criticism. The over 135 pieces here, many newly-discovered, include essays, prefaces, reviews, and sermons written by authors ranging from Aphra Behn to Walter Scott. Novel Definitions brings together authors' commentary on their work; debates concerning the novel's formal qualities and cultural position, including who should read novels; reviewers' definitions of the qualities that make a novel successful; and…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2008Broadview Press · 438 pages · 9781551116464
Criticism, great britainLiterature and societyEnglish fictionHistory and criticismCriticismHistoryIntellectual lifeRoman anglais