Title: Women and the rise of the novel, 1405-1726
First published: 1999
Description: It has long been recognized that women writers played a significant role in the rise of the novel. Women and the Rise of the Novel is the first systematic theoretical study of early modern women's fiction showing how and why it helped shape the novel's identity. While most studies of the origin of the novel begin with the eighteenth century, Donovan traces women's literary traditions from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, focusing on the early modern period as a starting point.

She examines works in Italian, French, and Spanish as well as English, highlighting the contributions of various women writers from Christine de Pizan to Jane Austen.
Subjects: History and criticism, English fiction, Women authors, Women and literature, Frame-stories, Fiction, Oorsprong, Englisch, Vrouwelijke auteurs, Femmes écrivains, Romans, Frauenroman, Roman, Geschichte (1500-1700), Geschichte 1405-1726, Fiction, women authors, history and criticism
Time periods: Early modern, 1500-1700, Middle English, 1100-1500
LC classification: PN3401 .D66 1999