The Rise of the Novel by Ian P Watt
Praise for the new (2001) edition:Ian Watt's The Rise of the Novel still seems to me far and away the best book ever written on the early English novel--wise, humane, beautifully organized and expressed, one of the absolutely indispensable critical works in modern literary scholarship. And W. B. Carnochan's brilliant introduction does a wonderful job of showing how Watt's book came into being and changed for good the way the novel in general is taught and understood.--Max Byrd, author of Grant: A Novel
Ian Watt's The Rise of the Novel remains the single indispensable, absolutely essential book for students of the 18th-century novel.--John Richetti, author of The English Novel in History: 1700-1780
Praise for the original edition:
A remarkable book. . . . A pioneer work in the application of modern sociology to literature.--Manchester Guardian
An outstanding contribution to the field of historical sociology and the sociology of knowledge. . . . The author has set the 'rise of the novel' as a new literary genre in the social context of eighteenth-century England, with emphasis on the predominant middle-class features of the period.--American Journal of Sociology
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701207915 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701207914 |
| Title | The Rise of the Novel |
| Author | Ian P Watt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1987-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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