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 63
... original , whereas Shakespeare's by contrast had been based on traditional sources ( e.g. histories or folk - tales ) . A minor but symptomatic feature of the desire for plausibility was the naming of characters in the early novels ...
... original , whereas Shakespeare's by contrast had been based on traditional sources ( e.g. histories or folk - tales ) . A minor but symptomatic feature of the desire for plausibility was the naming of characters in the early novels ...
Page 143
... original plan seems to point to ideological rather than commercial factors at work . As the change of title suggests , the original concentrated much more on the character of the murderer – here called ' Wilson ' not ' Barton ' . In ...
... original plan seems to point to ideological rather than commercial factors at work . As the change of title suggests , the original concentrated much more on the character of the murderer – here called ' Wilson ' not ' Barton ' . In ...
Page 215
... original plot was to be used for the adaptation . ) Bennett comments that the change in the sexual theme may have accoun- ted for the popularity of the films even in a period when the women's movement was gathering strength : ' In ...
... original plot was to be used for the adaptation . ) Bennett comments that the change in the sexual theme may have accoun- ted for the popularity of the films even in a period when the women's movement was gathering strength : ' In ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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