Before Novels by J Paul Hunter
An examination of the printed material that was available to the reading public in early 18th-century England. The author explores the origins of the novel and argues that early novelists were motivated by the needs and desires of society at a time of migration, urbanization and social change.
J. Paul Hunter is Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Reluctant Pilgrim: Defoe’s Emblematic Method and Quest for Form in Robinson Crusoe; Occasional Form: Henry Fielding and the Chains of Circumstance; and Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction. He is author of the first nine editions of The Norton Introduction to Poetry and the long-time co-editor of The Norton Introduction to Literature and New Worlds of Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393308617 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393308618 |
| Title | Before Novels |
| Author | J Paul Hunter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 1992-10-21 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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