The Novel of Purpose
Subtitle: Literature And Social Reform in the Anglo-American World
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: December 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780801444807
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; Sociology, Social Studies; Literary Criticism; English fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; History and criticism; British Isles; USA; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; American fiction; American - General; 19th century; Social problems in literature
Description: "The Novel of Purpose proposes a new way of understanding social reform in Great Britain and the United States. Amanda Clayburgh offers readings that connect reformist agitation to the formal features of literary works and argues for a method of transatlantic study that attends not only to nations but also to the many groups that collaborate across national boundaries."--BOOK JACKET.