Misfit forms : paths not taken by the British novel /

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'Misfit Forms' re-interprets a series of choices that shaped the development of the British novel. Histories of the novel often situate the early nineteenth century as a culminating moment in the novel's 'rise'. However, a look at the complicated junctions negotiated by the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nandrea, Lorri G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
1700-1899
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Sensitivity (Personality trait) in literature.
Sympathy in literature.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Sensibilité (Trait de personnalité) dans la littérature.
Sympathie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
English fiction
Sensitivity (Personality trait) in literature
Sympathy in literature
Affect.
British Novel.
Curiosity.
Defoe.
Deleuze.
Dunton.
English Novel.
Gaskell.
History of the Novel.
Literary Theory.
Sensibility.
Singularity.
Sterne.
Typography.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the novel, education, and experience
  • Typing feeling: sympathy, sensibility, and sentimentality
  • The science of the sensible: from Sterne to Charlotte Brontë
  • Sense in the middle: teleological vs. cumulative plotting
  • Verisimilitudes: curiosity, wonder, and negative capability
  • Conclusion: Woolf's Fin.

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