Satire, history, novel : narrative forms, 1665-1815 / Frank Palmeri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmeri, Frank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Satire.

European fiction--History and criticism.

European fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Narrative satire was one of the dominant literary forms of the 18th century, but it came to be displaced by novelistic and historical forms of narrative. Palmeri (English, U. of Miami) argues that these new forms defined themselves in opposition to satire, but also by appropriating elements of satir

Contents:

Introduction: cultural paradigms, public spheres, and narrative forms

The satiric almanac in history, 1665-1800

Satire and the historical-memoir novel, 1690-1740

Satire, philosophical history, and the historical novel, 1700-1815

Satire, conjectural history, and the bildungsroman, 1720-1795

Satire, novel, and forms of the public sphere, 1740-1800

Satire and utopia in conjectural history, 1750-1800.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-346) and index.

ISBN:

0-8453-4606-7

OCLC:

301123152