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 74
... success to which the Puritan or Non- conformist businessman applied his energy and resourcefulness could , however , entail a neglect or a devaluation of human relationships . Tawney shows that the characteristics of the Puritan ...
... success to which the Puritan or Non- conformist businessman applied his energy and resourcefulness could , however , entail a neglect or a devaluation of human relationships . Tawney shows that the characteristics of the Puritan ...
Page 91
... success did not encourage Scott's publishers to reduce their prices to meet an assured market . They set a price of 30s . ( £ 1.50 ) for the three - volume set of Ivanhoe ( in 1820 when Scott's market appeal was incontestable ) and one ...
... success did not encourage Scott's publishers to reduce their prices to meet an assured market . They set a price of 30s . ( £ 1.50 ) for the three - volume set of Ivanhoe ( in 1820 when Scott's market appeal was incontestable ) and one ...
Page 196
... success . It is probably the least important ingredient although such technological developments as the use of the ... successes . Sutherland expresses the relationship between the new novel and the reprint in a succinct way : Since 1832 ...
... success . It is probably the least important ingredient although such technological developments as the use of the ... successes . Sutherland expresses the relationship between the new novel and the reprint in a succinct way : Since 1832 ...
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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