1st Edition

From Fiction to the Novel

By Geoffrey Day Copyright 1987
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987, this title is a comprehensive study focused on experimental forms in eighteenth-century fiction. It suggests that the eighteenth-century novel is misread because it is judged with the templates of nineteenth and twentieth century versions of ‘the novel’ in mind, rather than as a standalone genre. Looking at works from well-known authors of the time this learned and... Read more

Acknowledgments.  1. ‘A Small Tale, Generally of Love’  2. ‘On Fable and Romance’  3. Amelia’s Nose: Perceptions of Reality  4. ‘Romances, Chocolate, Novels, and the Like Inflamers’  5. Motley Emblems and Much Wanted Standards  6. ‘The Most Heterogeneous Ideas are Yoked by Violence Together’.  Notes.  Index.

Biography

Geoffrey Day