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 30
... traditional fabric of Western society . up This pre - industrial society , labelled by Leavis as ' organic ' , had been a rural one in which the lives of men and women were regulated by the cycle of the seasons ; work , in the form of ...
... traditional fabric of Western society . up This pre - industrial society , labelled by Leavis as ' organic ' , had been a rural one in which the lives of men and women were regulated by the cycle of the seasons ; work , in the form of ...
Page 185
... traditional reference points which the American Henry James complained were lacking in his national heritage : No sovereign , no court , no personal loyalty , no aristocracy , no church , no clergy , no army , no diplomatic service , no ...
... traditional reference points which the American Henry James complained were lacking in his national heritage : No sovereign , no court , no personal loyalty , no aristocracy , no church , no clergy , no army , no diplomatic service , no ...
Page 217
... traditional folk art in such respects as the de - individualisation of the author , reliance on formula and stereotype and the tendency of character and situation to take on a mythical status , cut free from their original context or ...
... traditional folk art in such respects as the de - individualisation of the author , reliance on formula and stereotype and the tendency of character and situation to take on a mythical status , cut free from their original context or ...
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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