The Rise of the Novel
Subtitle: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780520230699
Subjects: Literature: Texts; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature: Classics; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; General
Description: "The Rise of the Novel is Ian Watt's classic description of the interworkings of social conditions, changing attitudes, and literary practices during the period when the novel emerged as the dominant literary form of the individualist era. Erudite, yet gracefully written and often amusing, Watt's study examines the nature of the novel audience, the role of the book trade, and the changing structure of society at large."--BOOK JACKET.