The Novel-Essay, 1884-1947 [electronic resource] /
Ercolino, S.author.
The novel-essay emerged in France, in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and reached its highest formal complexity in Austria and Germany, during the interwar period. Here, Ercolino argues that it is crucial for a renovated understating of the history of the novel in modernity.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on the Quoted Texts; Introduction The Novel-Essay, 1884-1947; Chapter One; 1.  Beyond Naturalist Aesthetics; 2.  The Critique of Modern Rationality; 3.  The Emergence of the Novel-Essay; Chapter Two; 1.  A Morphological Changeover; 2.  Mimicry; 3.  Dialectical Strains; Chapter Three; 1.  Philosophical Mimesis; 2.  Totality and the Grand Style; 3.  The Tear of History; Chapter Four; Form and Ideology; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The novel-essay emerged in France, in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and reached its highest formal complexity in Austria and Germany, during the interwar period. Here, Ercolino argues that it is crucial for a renovated understating of the history of the novel in modernity.
World War, 1939-1945.
Literature.
Literature—History and criticism.
European literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
History, Modern.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
Literature, general.
Literary History.
European Literature.
Literary Theory.
Modern History.