Reading the European novel to 1900
Subtitle: a critical study of major fiction from Cervantes' Don quixote to Zola's Germinal
By: Daniel R. Schwarz
Series: Reading the novel
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Malden, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781444330472
Subjects: Fiction; History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General
Description: "  Offers a close reading of individual texts with attention to their cultural and canonical context  Examines the history and evolution of the novel to 1900 and defines each author's aesthetic, cultural, political, and historical significance  Covers essential and frequently taught masterworks up to 1900, including Cervantes' Don Quixote; Tolstoy's War and Peace and Anna Karenina; Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov; Stendhal's The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma; Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education; Balzac's Pere Goriot; and  Zola's Germinal   Written with students and teachers in mind, this book provides accessible and engaging discussions of each novel, along with important pedagogical tools  "--

"Examines the history and evolution of the novel to 1900 and defines each author's aesthetic, cultural, political, and historical significance"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.