How novels think : the limits of British individualism from 1719-1900 /
Armstrong, Nancy,1938-
New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press,
c2005.
How the misfit became a moral protagonist -- When novels made nations -- Why a good man is hard to find in Victorian fiction -- The polygenetic imagination -- The necessary gothic.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-186) and index.
English fiction
Individualism in literature.
Literature and society
Literature and society
English fiction
Didactic fiction, English
Ethics in literature.