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Factual fictions : the origins of the English novel / Lennard J. Davis.
LIBRA PR851 .D3 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Lennard J., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Literature and history--England--History.
- Literature and history.
- Books and reading--England--History.
- Books and reading.
- Journalism--England--History.
- Journalism.
- Fiction--Technique.
- Fiction.
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 245 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- "Nowadays, most readers take the intersection between fiction and fact for granted. We've developed a faculty for pretending that even the most bizarre literary inventions are, for the nonce, real. . . . The value of Davis's book is that it explores the h
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1983.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0812216105
- OCLC:
- 59593629
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