Worlds Enough : The Invention of Realism in the Victorian Novel /

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"A short, provocative book that challenges basic assumptions about Victorian fiction. Now praised for its realism and formal coherence, the Victorian novel was not always great, or even good, in the eyes of its critics. As Elaine Freedgood reveals in Worlds Enough, it was only in the late 1970s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freedgood, Elaine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Realism in literature.
English literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Realisme dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : Worlds enough
  • Introduction : How the Victorian novel became realistic (in a French way), reactionary, and great
  • Case study 1: Denotation
  • Case study 2: Omniscience
  • Case study 3: Paratext
  • Case study 4: Hetero-ontologicality
  • Case study 5: Reference
  • Conclusion : Decolonizing the novel.

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