Cultural Institutions of the Novel /

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The story of the development of the novel-its origin, rise, and increasing popularity as a narrative form in an ever-expanding range of geographic and cultural sites-is familiar and, according to the contributors to this volume, severely limited. In a far-reaching blend of comparative literature and...

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Otros Autores: Orr, Bridget (Contribuidor), Siskin, Clifford (Contribuidor), Johnson, Dane (Contribuidor), Lynch, Deidre (Contribuidor, Editor ), Mucke, Dorothea von (Contribuidor), Brown, Homer (Contribuidor), Fujii, James A. (Contribuidor), Matlock, Jann (Contribuidor), Trumpener, Katie (Contribuidor), Berlant, Lauren (Contribuidor), Lowe, Lisa (Contribuidor), Burnham, Michelle (Contribuidor), Glazener, Nancy (Contribuidor), Andrade, Susan Z. (Contribuidor), Warner, William B. (Editor , Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [1996]
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LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. The Transport of the Novel
  • Prologue: Why the Story of the Origin of the (English) Novel Is an American Romance (If Not the Great American Novel)
  • I. The Contact Zone
  • 1 Between England and America: Captivity, Sympathy, and the Sentimental Novel
  • 2 The Maori House of Fiction
  • 3 Decolonization, Displacement, Disidentification: Asian American "Novels" and the Qyestion of History
  • 4 The Rise of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toni Morrison
  • II. (Trans)National Canons
  • 5 At Home with Jane Austen
  • 6 The Abbotsford Guide to India: Romantic Fictions of Empire and the Narratives of Canadian Literature
  • 7 Writing Out Asia: Modernity, Canon, and Natsume Soseki's Kokoro
  • 8 The Joys of Daughterhood: Gender, Nationalism, and the Making of Literary Tradition(s)
  • III. The Romance of Consumption
  • 9 Formulating Fiction: Romancing the General Reader in Early Modern Britain
  • 10 "To Love a Murderer" -Fantasy, Sexuality, and the Political Novel: The Case of Caleb Williams
  • 11 The Limits of Reformism: The Novel, Censorship, and the Politics of Adultery in Nineteenth-Century France
  • 12 Romances for "Big and Little Boys": The U.S. Romantic Revival of the 1890S and James's The Turn of the Screw
  • 13 Pax Americana: The Case of Show Boat
  • Epilogue: The Rise of Novelism
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Contributors

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