Caricature and realism in the Romantic novel / Olivia Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, Olivia, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 148.

Cambridge Studies in Romanticism ; 148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Caricature in literature.

Realism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

What was caricature to novelists in the Romantic period? Why does Jane Austen call Mr Dashwood's wife 'a strong caricature of himself'? Why does Mary Shelley describe the body of Frankenstein's creature as 'in proportion', but then 'distorted in its proportions' - and does caricature have anything to do with it? This book answers those questions, shifting our understanding of 'caricature' as a literary-critical term in the decades when 'the English novel' was first defined and canonised as a distinct literary entity. Novels incorporated caricature talk and anti-caricature rhetoric to tell readers what different realisms purported to show them. Recovering the period's concept of caricature, Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel sheds light on formal realism's self-reflexivity about the 'caricature' of artifice, exaggeration and imagination. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Oct 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009274210

100927421X

9781009274258

1009274252

9781009274227

1009274228