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 23
... critics novels have never been ' produced ' by ' social forces ' in the abstract , without the intervention of some individual human agency ; the problem is to determine correctly the quality of this intervention ( for neither are ...
... critics novels have never been ' produced ' by ' social forces ' in the abstract , without the intervention of some individual human agency ; the problem is to determine correctly the quality of this intervention ( for neither are ...
Page 36
... critics such as Lukács . The problem of reconciling the ' great ' ( aesthetically worth- while ) with the ' good ' ( socially progressive ) remained a diffi- culty for many later Marxists interested in literature . These later writers ...
... critics such as Lukács . The problem of reconciling the ' great ' ( aesthetically worth- while ) with the ' good ' ( socially progressive ) remained a diffi- culty for many later Marxists interested in literature . These later writers ...
Page 218
... criticism to include film and television , as has been advocated by critics , the aesthetic approach , which is associated with the study of the literary , itself comes under fire . If we can study the socio - cultural implications of ...
... criticism to include film and television , as has been advocated by critics , the aesthetic approach , which is associated with the study of the literary , itself comes under fire . If we can study the socio - cultural implications of ...
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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