The Cambridge Introduction to the Eighteenth-Century Novel

April London (University of Ottawa)

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English

Cambridge University Press
05 April 2012

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature

In the eighteenth century, the novel became established as a popular literary form all over Europe. Britain proved an especially fertile ground, with Defoe, Fielding, Richardson and Burney as early exponents of the novel form. The Cambridge Introduction to the Eighteenth-Century Novel considers the development of the genre in its formative period in Britain. Rather than present its history as a linear progression, April London gives an original new structure to the field, organizing it through three broad thematic clusters – identity, community and history. Within each of these themes, she explores the central tensions of eighteenth-century fiction: between secrecy and communicativeness, independence and compliance, solitude and family, cosmopolitanism and nation-building. The reader will gain a thorough understanding of both prominent and lesser-known novels and novelists, key social and literary contexts, the tremendous formal variety of the early novel and its growth from a marginal to a culturally central genre.

By: April London (University of Ottawa)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9780521895354
ISBN 10: 0521895359
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 05 April 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Part I. Secrets and Singularity: 1. Daniel Defoe and the power of singularity; 2. The virtue of singularity; 3. The punishment of singularity; Part II. Sociability and Community: 4. The reformation of family; 5. Alternative communities; 6. The sociability of books; Part III. History and Nation: 7. History, novel, and polemic; 8. Historical fiction and generational distance; Guide to further reading; Index.

April London is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa.