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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... allowed the reader to borrow and then exchange a volume of a novel costing half as much again to buy and the guarantee of respectability contained in the title : ' Mudie's Select Library ' . Mudie's freely expressed policy of choosing ...
... allowed the reader to borrow and then exchange a volume of a novel costing half as much again to buy and the guarantee of respectability contained in the title : ' Mudie's Select Library ' . Mudie's freely expressed policy of choosing ...
Page 125
... allowed all three to be in use at the same time ; for example , mother finishing volume three as the younger daughter began volume one . For the publisher the chief value of the system was the guaranteed market that library sales ...
... allowed all three to be in use at the same time ; for example , mother finishing volume three as the younger daughter began volume one . For the publisher the chief value of the system was the guaranteed market that library sales ...
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... allowed the authors to say what they did . Hardy and Lawrence have told us they wanted to say more than contem- porary conventions allowed . Is that a help ? PATIENCE : I'll go and think about it . THOMAS : At least it gives me ...
... allowed the authors to say what they did . Hardy and Lawrence have told us they wanted to say more than contem- porary conventions allowed . Is that a help ? PATIENCE : I'll go and think about it . THOMAS : At least it gives me ...
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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