The anthology and the rise of the novel
Subtitle: from Richardson to George Eliot
By: Leah Price.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761 -- Criticism and interpretation; Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation; English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Literary form -- History -- 18th century; Literary form -- History -- 19th century; Anthologies -- Editing
Description: "The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel brings together two traditionally antagonistic fields, book history and narrative theory, to challenge established theories of "the rise of the novel." Leah Price shows that far from leveling class or gender distinctions, as has long been claimed, the novel has consistently located them within its own audience. Shedding new light on Richardson and Radcliffe, Scott and George Eliot, this book asks why the epistolary novel disappeared, how the book review emerged, why eighteenth-century abridgers marketed their books to women while Victorian publishers repackaged them for men, and how editors' reproduction of old texts has shaped authors' production of new ones. This book will change the way we think not just about the history of reading, but about the genealogy of the canon wars, the future of intellectual property, and the role that anthologies play in our own classrooms."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-218) and index.