Novel Definitions
Subtitle: An Anthology of Commentary on the Novel, 1688-1815
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2008
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781551116464
Subjects: English fiction, history and criticism, 18th century; Criticism, great britain; Literature and society
Description: "Novel Definitions captures the lively critical debate surrounding the invention of the English novel, showing how the rise of the novel is accompanied by a rise in popular literary criticism. The over 135 pieces here, many newly-discovered, include essays, prefaces, reviews, and sermons written by authors ranging from Aphra Behn to Walter Scott. Novel Definitions brings together authors' commentary on their work; debates concerning the novel's formal qualities and cultural position, including who should read novels; reviewers' definitions of the qualities that make a novel successful; and literary historians' first attempts to write the history of the novel."--Publisher's website.