The ethos of romance at the turn of the century / William J. Scheick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheick, William J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

Romances--Adaptations.

Romances.

Popular literature--English-speaking countries--History and criticism.

Popular literature.

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

American fiction.

Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Ethics in literature.

Fiction--Technique.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1994.

Summary:

The romance genre was a popular literary form among writers and readers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but since then it has often been dismissed as juvenile, unmodern, improper, or subversive. In this study, William J. Scheick seeks to recover the place of romance in fin-de-siècle England and America; to distinguish among its subgenres of eventuary, aesthetic, and ethical romance; and to reinstate ethical romance as a major mode of artistic expression. The authors whose works Scheick discusses are Nathaniel Hawthorne, H. Rider Haggard, Henry James, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, H. G. Wells, John Kendrick Bangs, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Richard Harding Davis, Stephen Crane, Mary Austin, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Cholmondeley, and Rudyard Kipling. This wide selection expands the canon to include writers and works that highly merit re-reading by a new generation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1 Beautiful Circuit and Subterfuge

2 The School of a Great Master

3 Eventuary Romance

4 Aesthetic Romance

5 Ethical Romance

6 The Ethos of Storytelling

7 The Art of Life

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-77180-0

OCLC:

1286806991