The English Novel: A Short Critical HistoryA brilliant, critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 58
Page 98
She is , for instance , probably the first novelist to use descriptions of natural
scenery as a matter of course , but she does not use them merely for decoration
or as backcloths ; they have an emotional relationship to the characters who
move ...
She is , for instance , probably the first novelist to use descriptions of natural
scenery as a matter of course , but she does not use them merely for decoration
or as backcloths ; they have an emotional relationship to the characters who
move ...
Page 117
Both are examples of the moralist as satirist . They differ , of course , in their
notions of morals . It is not quite true that for Miss Austen morals and manners are
interchangeable , but the main emphasis in her work is on manners , which she
sees ...
Both are examples of the moralist as satirist . They differ , of course , in their
notions of morals . It is not quite true that for Miss Austen morals and manners are
interchangeable , but the main emphasis in her work is on manners , which she
sees ...
Page 300
But as we see him under these aspects in the novel he is certainly not more than l
' homme moyen sensuel ; neither his sexual nor his drinking exploits are anything
out of the ordinary , and they could have had little effect on the course of his ...
But as we see him under these aspects in the novel he is certainly not more than l
' homme moyen sensuel ; neither his sexual nor his drinking exploits are anything
out of the ordinary , and they could have had little effect on the course of his ...
What people are saying - Write a review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - stillatim - LibraryThingRemember when literary critics read books and wrote about them? No? Well, I do now. He got a few things wrong - what did these people ever see in H.G. Wells? In Meredith? That they should be put next ... Read full review
Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
Copyright | |
3 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accepted achievement action appear attempt Austen become better called century characters comedy comes comic completely consciousness course criticism death described Dickens early effect Elizabethan England English exist experience expression eyes fact father feel fiction Fielding figure George George Eliot gives greater Hardy heart hero human imagination important influence instance interest James Jane kind Lady later least less literary lives London look matter means mind Miss moral nature never novel novelist perhaps person plot political possible present prose reader reality relation represents respect satire scarcely scene Scott seems seen sense side situation social society stand story successful symbol things tion true turned Victorian whole woman women writing written wrote young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History A Dutton paperback Part 9 of Dutton everyman paperback |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
| Length | 454 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |