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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... possible influences to three : race , moment and milieu - or ' national origin ' , ' historical origin ' and ' social setting ' . It received a powerful impetus from the writings on art of Marx and Engels and of their followers who were ...
... possible influences to three : race , moment and milieu - or ' national origin ' , ' historical origin ' and ' social setting ' . It received a powerful impetus from the writings on art of Marx and Engels and of their followers who were ...
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... possible that some members of class y had not read the novel while some members of another class , z , had done so . Since all the readers are now dead it is not possible to assign them directly to a social class . The most we can say ...
... possible that some members of class y had not read the novel while some members of another class , z , had done so . Since all the readers are now dead it is not possible to assign them directly to a social class . The most we can say ...
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... possible to fulfil the long- standing dreams of publishers , as quoted by Janice Radway in her study of the romantic novel : ' it was possible to make book sales predictable and more profitable if one could establish a permanent conduit ...
... possible to fulfil the long- standing dreams of publishers , as quoted by Janice Radway in her study of the romantic novel : ' it was possible to make book sales predictable and more profitable if one could establish a permanent conduit ...
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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