Partisan politics, narrative realism, and the rise of the British novel / Rachel Carnell.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Carnell, Rachel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Political fiction, English--History and criticism.
• Political fiction, English.
• English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
• English fiction.
• English fiction--17th century--History and criticism.
• Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
• Politics and literature.
• Great Britain.
• History.
• Politics in literature.
• Literature and society--Great Britain--History--18th century.
• Literature and society.

Physical Description:

x, 226 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

A study of narrative realism in literature.

Contents:

• Introduction: Realism and the Rise of the Novel 1
• 1 Political Selfhood and Novelistic Character 17
• 2 Tory Ideology and Aphra Behn's Turn to the Novel 45
• 3 Daniel Defoe and the Whig Ideal of Selfhood 75
• 4 Partisan Debate and Moderation Politics in Samuel Richardson's Fiction 103
• 5 Jacobite Ideology and Eliza Haywood's Response to Whig Realism 129
• Conclusion: Partisan Realisms and Canon Formation 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-218) and index.

ISBN:

1403970130

OCLC:

62616256

Publisher Number:

9781403970138

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