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 51
... detail in Chapter 5 ) as the dominant nineteenth - century LMP determined the selection of authors for publication ( because the libraries had a monopoly on purchasing new fiction ) , the pace of production ( three - deckers had to be ...
... detail in Chapter 5 ) as the dominant nineteenth - century LMP determined the selection of authors for publication ( because the libraries had a monopoly on purchasing new fiction ) , the pace of production ( three - deckers had to be ...
Page 63
... detail how fiction contrasts with previous literary forms in its concern for truth to individual experience and its lack of deference to tradition ( for example in the form of approved models of structure ) . From the beginning the ...
... detail how fiction contrasts with previous literary forms in its concern for truth to individual experience and its lack of deference to tradition ( for example in the form of approved models of structure ) . From the beginning the ...
Page 227
... detail , but - briefly - Sharratt poses some interesting questions about Eagleton's categories of ideology , one of which is why ' ideology ' should be attributed to the author only . Why shouldn't there be a Reader's Ideology ( ReI ) ...
... detail , but - briefly - Sharratt poses some interesting questions about Eagleton's categories of ideology , one of which is why ' ideology ' should be attributed to the author only . Why shouldn't there be a Reader's Ideology ( ReI ) ...
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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