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The English Novel
An Introduction
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Ideal for students, literary enthusiasts, and readers seeking an engaging, scholarly yet accessible overview of the English novel and its critical theory.
Presents a wide-ranging and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day. This book distils the essentials of the theory of the novel. It covers the works of major authors, including Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontes, Charles Dickens and George Eliot.
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Written by one of the world's leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day.
The English Novel covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce.
It distils the essentials of the theory of the novel, following the model of Eagleton's hugely popular Literary Theory: An Introduction (Second Edition, 1996).
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The Irish Independent praises Eagleton's clear and jargon-free presentation of the novel's history. John Sutherland, a leading literature professor, commends Eagleton for asking big questions and making sense of the English novel beyond a simple introduction.
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ISBN: 9781405117074
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 July 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 230.0mm
Weight: 572g
Pages: 376
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About the Author
Terry Eagleton is Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow at the University of Manchester. His recent publications include Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic (2003), The Idea of Culture (2000), Scholars and Rebels in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (1999), Literary Theory: An Introduction (Second Edition, 1996) and The Illusions of Postmodernism (1996), all published by Blackwell Publishing.
Also by Terry Eagleton
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