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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... relationship between authors , publishers and public . Chapter 6 is devoted to the transition from the ' classical ' nineteenth - century novel to the more flexible form of today . It therefore describes the disappearance of the ...
... relationship between authors , publishers and public . Chapter 6 is devoted to the transition from the ' classical ' nineteenth - century novel to the more flexible form of today . It therefore describes the disappearance of the ...
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... relationships between men and women , especially within marriage , led to the development of eighteenth - century fiction ... relationship between domestic morality and the novel interestingly foreshadows the - theories of the twentieth ...
... relationships between men and women , especially within marriage , led to the development of eighteenth - century fiction ... relationship between domestic morality and the novel interestingly foreshadows the - theories of the twentieth ...
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... relationship between text and social framework , to demonstrate that his novels express a sympathy for this class ... relationships and of class . Eagleton points out the paradox created for such women in a male - dominated society ...
... relationship between text and social framework , to demonstrate that his novels express a sympathy for this class ... relationships and of class . Eagleton points out the paradox created for such women in a male - dominated society ...
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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