Seventeenth-century English romance : allegory, ethics, and politics /

Overturning the common characterization of seventeenth-century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of the novel, this book argues for the centrality of seventeenth-century romance in key political and moral philosophical debates of its time. Co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zurcher, Amelia A., 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1500-1700
Romance fiction, English > History and criticism.
English fiction > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Love > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics in literature.
Love in literature.
Self-interest.
Politique et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Amour > Aspect moral.
Morale dans la littérature.
Amour dans la littérature.
Intérêt personnel.
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literature.
English fiction > Early modern
Ethics in literature
Love in literature
Love > Moral and ethical aspects
Romance fiction, English
Politics and literature
Self-interest
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Allegory, Constancy, and the Politic Agent
  • Incest, Rivalry, and Succession: Romance and the Problem of Sociability
  • The Trials of Love: Interest and Social Bonds in Mid-Century Romance
  • Interest, the Sovereign Hero, and the End of Romance.

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