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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... material or treatment of material into the text at the expense of other material or alternative treatments . One example is the so - called ' Condition of England ' novels which were written at a time of industrial and political unrest ...
... material or treatment of material into the text at the expense of other material or alternative treatments . One example is the so - called ' Condition of England ' novels which were written at a time of industrial and political unrest ...
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... material world . In order to sustain life mankind needs to transform the material resources of the world into food , shelter , clothing and other necessities ; this activity , ' productive work ' , is therefore seen by Marxists as ...
... material world . In order to sustain life mankind needs to transform the material resources of the world into food , shelter , clothing and other necessities ; this activity , ' productive work ' , is therefore seen by Marxists as ...
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... material realities ( ' the base ' underlying the ' superstructure ' ) . In Marx's words : Conceiving , thinking , the spiritual intercourse of men , appear here as the direct efflux of men's material behaviour . The same is true of ...
... material realities ( ' the base ' underlying the ' superstructure ' ) . In Marx's words : Conceiving , thinking , the spiritual intercourse of men , appear here as the direct efflux of men's material behaviour . The same is true 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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