Narrating reality
Subtitle: Austen, Scott, Eliot
By: Harry E. Shaw.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832 -- Fictional works; Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832 -- Technique; Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Technique; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Technique; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Realism in literature; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century; Reality in literature; Fiction -- Technique
Description: "Harry E. Shaw here offers a critique of nineteenth-century British realist fiction and our ways of understanding it. Paying close attention to the role of the narrator, he challenges the denigration of realism which has become a critical orthodoxy in recent decades."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.