A Companion to the English Novel

This collection of authoritative essays represents the latestscholarship on topics relating to the themes, movements, and formsof English fiction, while chronicling its development in Britainfrom the early 18th century to the present day. Comprises cutting–edge research currently being undertaken inthe field, incorporating the most salient critical trends andapproaches Explores the history, evolution, genres, and narrative elementsof the English novel  Considers the advancement of various literary forms including such genres as realism, romance, Gothic, experimentalfiction, and adaptation into film Includes coverage of narration, structure, character, andaffect; shifts in critical reception to the English novel; andgeographies of contemporary English fiction Features contributions from a variety of distinguished andhigh–profile literary scholars, along with emerging youngercritics Includes a comprehensive scholarly bibliography of criticalworks on and about the novel to aid further reading andresearch      INDICE: Notes on Contributors viii.Preface xiii.Part I The Novel and Its Histories 1.1 The 1740s 3Patricia Meyer Spacks.2 The 1790s 18Lynn Festa.3 The 1850s 34Ivan Kreilkamp.4 The Long 1920s 49Jennifer Wicke.5 The 2000s 71Ashley Dawson.Part II The Novel and Its Genres 87.6 Realism and the Eighteenth ]Century Novel 89John Richetti.7 Romance 103Laurie Langbauer.8 Gothic 117John Paul Riquelme.9 Popular and Mass ]Market Fiction 132Janice Carlisle.10 Experimental Fictions 144Mark Blackwell.11 The Novel into Film 159Jonathan Freedman.Part III The Novel in Pieces 175.12 Some Versions of Narration 177Alison Booth.13 Some Versions of Form 192Stephen Arata.14 A Character of Character, in Five Metaphors 209Deidre Lynch.15 Affect in the English Novel 225Nicholas Daly.Part IV The Novel in Theory 239.16 The Novel in Theory before 1900 241James Eli Adams.17 The Novel in Theory, 1900 1965 256Chris Baldick.18 The Novel in Theory After 1965 271Madigan Haley.Part V The Novel in Circulation 289.19 Making a Living as an Author 291Deirdre David.20 The Network Novel and How It Unsettled Domestic Fiction 306Nancy Armstrong and Leonard Tennenhouse.21 Reading Novels, Alone and in Groups 321Andrew Elfenbein.Part VI Geographies of the Novel 339.22 London 341Cynthia Wall.23 The Provincial Novel 360John Plotz.24 Intranationalisms 373James Buzard.25 Internationalisms and the Geopolitical Aesthetic 387Lauren M. E. Goodlad.Part VII The Novel, Public and Private 407.26 The Novel and the Everyday 409Kate Flint.27 The Public Sphere 426John Marx.28 The Novel and the Nation 441Christopher GoGwilt.29 World English/World Literature 456Jonathan Arac.Index 471

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-9445-7
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 520
• Fecha Publicación: 05/06/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés