The modern novel : a short introduction / Jesse Matz.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Blackwell introductions to literaturePublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.Description: vi, 194 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1405100486 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781405100489 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1405100494 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781405100496 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR 888 .M63 M37 2004
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Contents:
When and Why: The Rise of the Modern Novel -- The "New Novel," circa 1914 -- Seven Modern Novelists -- "What is Reality?": The New Questions -- New Forms: Reshaping the Novel -- New Difficulties -- Regarding the Real World: Politics -- Questioning the Modern: Mid-Century Revisions -- Postmodern Replenishments -- Postcolonial Modernity -- Conclusions: Four Contemporary Modern Novelists -- The Future of the Modern Novel.
Summary: This book introduces readers to the history of the novel in the the nineteenth century and demonstrates its ongoing relevance as a literary form.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-189) and index.

When and Why: The Rise of the Modern Novel -- The "New Novel," circa 1914 -- Seven Modern Novelists -- "What is Reality?": The New Questions -- New Forms: Reshaping the Novel -- New Difficulties -- Regarding the Real World: Politics -- Questioning the Modern: Mid-Century Revisions -- Postmodern Replenishments -- Postcolonial Modernity -- Conclusions: Four Contemporary Modern Novelists -- The Future of the Modern Novel.

This book introduces readers to the history of the novel in the the nineteenth century and demonstrates its ongoing relevance as a literary form.

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