The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel'...offers thoughtful summaries and critiques of both Marxist...and moralist...theories of the novel in society. The primary focus, however, is on a detailed study of the social context of the novel and the changing relationship between novelists and their readers...' |
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Page 141
... Barton ' . ( The draft is reprinted in the Penguin edition of Mary Barton as an appendix . ) In 1848 , Elizabeth Gaskell , the wife of a Manchester Unitar- ian minister , was just beginning to involve herself in the literary world and ...
... Barton ' . ( The draft is reprinted in the Penguin edition of Mary Barton as an appendix . ) In 1848 , Elizabeth Gaskell , the wife of a Manchester Unitar- ian minister , was just beginning to involve herself in the literary world and ...
Page 142
... Barton's hatred ( without excusing it ) but also proposes a quasi - religious act of reconciliation : If we saw the masters try for our sakes to find a remedy - even if they were long about it , even if they could find no help , and at ...
... Barton's hatred ( without excusing it ) but also proposes a quasi - religious act of reconciliation : If we saw the masters try for our sakes to find a remedy - even if they were long about it , even if they could find no help , and at ...
Page 144
... Barton ( who virtually disappears from the narrative between Chapters 17 and 35 ) despite the fact that the author had once claimed : ' Round the character of John Barton all the others formed themselves ; he was my hero , the person ...
... Barton ( who virtually disappears from the narrative between Chapters 17 and 35 ) despite the fact that the author had once claimed : ' Round the character of John Barton all the others formed themselves ; he was my hero , the person ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel John Bull No preview available - 1988 |
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