The excellence of falsehood : romance, realism, and women's contribution to the novel /

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""The only excellence of falsehood ... is its resemblance to truth, "" proclaims a clergyman in Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote. He argues that romances are bad art; novels, he implies, are better. This clergyman's remarks -- repeating what literary and moral auth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ross, Deborah, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1991.
Temas:
English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain.
Romanticism > Great Britain.
Realism in literature.
Literary form.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne.
Romantisme > Grande-Bretagne.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
Genres littéraires.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction > Women authors
Literary form
Realism in literature
Romanticism
Women and literature
Romanschriftstellerin
Frauenroman
Aufsatzsammlung
Frau
Roman
Geschichte (1680-1850)
Geschichte (1688-1840)
Geschichte (1688-1817)
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: A Secret History of the English Novel; 1. Oroonoko: A Pastoral History; 2. Delia and Rivella: Romantic Autobiography; 3. Betsy Thoughtless and Harriot Stuart: Unacknowledged Sisters; 4. The Female Quixote: A Realistic Fairy Tale; 5. Fanny Burney's Novels: Romance with Regret; 6. The Italian: A Romance of Manners; 7. Jane Austen's Novels: The Romantic Denouement; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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