Rise of the Novel, Updated Edition / Watt/Carnochan; ed. by Ian Watt, W. B. Carnochan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watt/Carnochan, Author.

Contributor:

Carnochan, W. B., Editor.

Watt, Ian, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.) : 1 b/w illustration

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2001]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Rise of the Novel is Ian Watt's classic description of the interworkings of social conditions, changing attitudes, and literary practices during the period when the novel emerged as the dominant literary form of the individualist era.In a new foreword, W. B. Carnochan accounts for the increasing interest in the English novel, including the contributions that Ian Watt's study made to literary studies: his introduction of sociology and philosophy to traditional criticism.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

0-520-35339-0