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 88
... Richard Altick suggests a clear reason for these small editions : novels were still relatively very expensive , costing ( until about 1780 ) between 2s . ( 10p ) and 3s . ( 15p ) a volume ( i.e. for each of the two , three or , in the ...
... Richard Altick suggests a clear reason for these small editions : novels were still relatively very expensive , costing ( until about 1780 ) between 2s . ( 10p ) and 3s . ( 15p ) a volume ( i.e. for each of the two , three or , in the ...
Page 148
... Richard Altick has commented that the 1871 Education Act did not lead to a revolutionary jump in education or even literacy but merely consolidated a movement which had been gathering force for most of the century . The percentage gain ...
... Richard Altick has commented that the 1871 Education Act did not lead to a revolutionary jump in education or even literacy but merely consolidated a movement which had been gathering force for most of the century . The percentage gain ...
Page 162
... Richard Altick , who in 1962 attempted a more comprehensive survey , 5 which looked at the origins of 1,100 British authors ( ' all but the lowest stratum of hacks ' ) active in the period between 1800 and 1935 . Altick's most ...
... Richard Altick , who in 1962 attempted a more comprehensive survey , 5 which looked at the origins of 1,100 British authors ( ' all but the lowest stratum of hacks ' ) active in the period between 1800 and 1935 . Altick's most ...
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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