A companion to the English novel / edited by Stephen Arata, Madigan Haley, J. Paul Hunter, and Jennifer Wicke.

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TextSeries: Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 155Publication details: USA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2015.Description: xiv, 497 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

9781405194457 (hardcover)
9781119068273

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Companion to the English novelDDC classification:

823.009 23 ARA

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PR823 .C66 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Notes on Contributors viii Preface xiii Part I The Novel and Its Histories 1 1 The 1740s 3 Patricia Meyer Spacks 2 The 1790s 18 Lynn Festa 3 The 1850s 34 Ivan Kreilkamp 4 The Long 1920s 49 Jennifer Wicke 5 The 2000s 71 Ashley Dawson Part II The Novel and Its Genres 87 6 Realism and the Eighteenth‐Century Novel 89 John Richetti 7 Romance 103 Laurie Langbauer 8 Gothic 117 John Paul Riquelme 9 Popular and Mass‐Market Fiction 132 Janice Carlisle 10 Experimental Fictions 144 Mark Blackwell 11 The Novel into Film 159 Jonathan Freedman Part III The Novel in Pieces 175 12 Some Versions of Narration 177 Alison Booth 13 Some Versions of Form 192 Stephen Arata 14 A Character of Character, in Five Metaphors 209 Deidre Lynch 15 Affect in the English Novel 225 Nicholas Daly Part IV The Novel in Theory 239 16 The Novel in Theory before 1900 241 James Eli Adams 17 The Novel in Theory, 1900–1965 256 Chris Baldick 18 The Novel in Theory after 1965 271 Madigan Haley Part V The Novel in Circulation 289 19 Making a Living as an Author 291 Deirdre David 20 The Network Novel and How It Unsettled Domestic Fiction 306 Nancy Armstrong and Leonard Tennenhouse 21 Reading Novels, Alone and in Groups 321 Andrew Elfenbein Part VI Geographies of the Novel 339 22 London 341 Cynthia Wall 23 The Provincial Novel 360 John Plotz 24 Intranationalisms 373 James Buzard 25 Internationalisms and the Geopolitical Aesthetic 387 Lauren M. E. Goodlad Part VII The Novel, Public and Private 407 26 The Novel and the Everyday 409 Kate Flint 27 The Public Sphere 426 John Marx 28 The Novel and the Nation 441 Christopher GoGwilt 29 World English/World Literature 456 Jonathan Arac Index 471

Summary: "Explores the history, evolution, genres, and narrative elements of the English novel, while chronicling its development from the early 18th century to the present day"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Notes on Contributors viii

Preface xiii

Part I The Novel and Its Histories 1

1 The 1740s 3
Patricia Meyer Spacks

2 The 1790s 18
Lynn Festa

3 The 1850s 34
Ivan Kreilkamp

4 The Long 1920s 49
Jennifer Wicke

5 The 2000s 71
Ashley Dawson

Part II The Novel and Its Genres 87

6 Realism and the Eighteenth‐Century Novel 89
John Richetti

7 Romance 103
Laurie Langbauer

8 Gothic 117
John Paul Riquelme

9 Popular and Mass‐Market Fiction 132
Janice Carlisle

10 Experimental Fictions 144
Mark Blackwell

11 The Novel into Film 159
Jonathan Freedman

Part III The Novel in Pieces 175

12 Some Versions of Narration 177
Alison Booth

13 Some Versions of Form 192
Stephen Arata

14 A Character of Character, in Five Metaphors 209
Deidre Lynch

15 Affect in the English Novel 225
Nicholas Daly

Part IV The Novel in Theory 239

16 The Novel in Theory before 1900 241
James Eli Adams

17 The Novel in Theory, 1900–1965 256
Chris Baldick

18 The Novel in Theory after 1965 271
Madigan Haley

Part V The Novel in Circulation 289

19 Making a Living as an Author 291
Deirdre David

20 The Network Novel and How It Unsettled Domestic Fiction 306
Nancy Armstrong and Leonard Tennenhouse

21 Reading Novels, Alone and in Groups 321
Andrew Elfenbein

Part VI Geographies of the Novel 339

22 London 341
Cynthia Wall

23 The Provincial Novel 360
John Plotz

24 Intranationalisms 373
James Buzard

25 Internationalisms and the Geopolitical Aesthetic 387
Lauren M. E. Goodlad

Part VII The Novel, Public and Private 407

26 The Novel and the Everyday 409
Kate Flint

27 The Public Sphere 426
John Marx

28 The Novel and the Nation 441
Christopher GoGwilt

29 World English/World Literature 456
Jonathan Arac

Index 471

"Explores the history, evolution, genres, and narrative elements of the English novel, while chronicling its development from the early 18th century to the present day"--

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