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 151
... publishers increasingly turned to providing fiction for the poorer social groups . This tendency became especially pro- nounced after the great outburst of working - class radicalism in the 1840s had subsided . James is careful to ...
... publishers increasingly turned to providing fiction for the poorer social groups . This tendency became especially pro- nounced after the great outburst of working - class radicalism in the 1840s had subsided . James is careful to ...
Page 155
... publishers to agree to two conditions : that they would not be asked to pay more than 4s . a volume for fiction and that no reprints would be issued until at least twelve months after the publication of the three - volume ' library ...
... publishers to agree to two conditions : that they would not be asked to pay more than 4s . a volume for fiction and that no reprints would be issued until at least twelve months after the publication of the three - volume ' library ...
Page 166
... publishers were drawn up ; for a time it even acted as a ' literary co - operative ' to place work with publishers . Another support for the profession was the Royal Literary Fund , a charity established as long ago as 1790 , which gave ...
... publishers were drawn up ; for a time it even acted as a ' literary co - operative ' to place work with publishers . Another support for the profession was the Royal Literary Fund , a charity established as long ago as 1790 , which gave ...
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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