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Nation & novel : the English novel from its origins to the present day /
Patrick Parrinder's new history of the English novel from its beginnings to the present day traces the form's distinctive and often subversive reflection of national identity across the centuries. From the early stories of rogues and criminals to present-day novels of immigration, fiction...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Patrick Parrinder's new history of the English novel from its beginnings to the present day traces the form's distinctive and often subversive reflection of national identity across the centuries. From the early stories of rogues and criminals to present-day novels of immigration, fiction has played a major part in defining our ideas of England and Englishness. Nation and Novel provides both a comprehensive survey and also a new interpretation of the importance of. the English novel. - ;What is 'English' about the English novel, and how has the idea of the English nation been shaped by the wri. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 502 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-485) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191532672 0191532673 1280905395 9781280905391 9786610905393 6610905398 1429491191 9781429491198 0199264848 9780199264841 |