The Conversational Circle : Rereading the English Novel, 1740-1775 /

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Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly linear structure. Recent reexaminations of the canon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schellenberg, Betty A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Speech in literature.
Social interaction in literature.
Oral communication in literature.
Literature and society.
Friendship in literature.
Families in literature.
English fiction.
Domestic fiction, English.
Conversation in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Familles dans la litterature.
Parole dans la litterature.
Amitie dans la litterature.
Interaction sociale dans la litterature.
Communication orale dans la litterature.
Roman familial anglais > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et societe > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Conversation dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Domestic fiction, English > History and criticism.
Literature and society > England > History > 18th century.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly linear structure. Recent reexaminations of the canon, however, have revealed a number of early novels that do not fit this mold. In The Conversational Circle: Rereading the English Novel, 1740-1775, Betty Schellenberg identifies another kind of plot, one that focuses on the social group - the "conversational circle"--As a model that can affirm traditional values but just as often promotes an alternative sense of community. Schellenberg offers a model for exploring a range of novels that experiment with narrative patterns
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages).
ISBN:9780813159072

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