The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Realisms by Delia Da Sousa Correa

The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Realisms by Delia Da Sousa Correa

The essays in this volume trace the experimentation of nineteenth-century writers in advancing new modes of realist fiction while revitalizing the inheritance of the Gothic and the Romantic. Focusing on some of the most popular novels of the century (Northanger Abbey, Jayne Eyre, Dombey and Son, Middlemarch, Far from the Madding Crowd and Germinal), this attractive volume explores some of the recurring themes in nineteenth-century fiction: aspiration and vocation; social class; sexual politics; political reform; colonialism and commerce. This is an ideal introduction to some of the major fictional achievements of the first industrial era, and to most of the crucial themes in nineteenth-century fiction.

'The wealth of material presented on each novel and the explicit guidance for students are enormously helpful, as is the avoidance of straightforward, definitive readings in favour of opening up the complexity of the novels and leaving space for the exercise of personal opinion' - Joy Alexander, Use of English

Delia da Sousa Carrea is Lecturer in Literature at The Open Univeristy.

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ISBN 13	9780415238267
ISBN 10	0415238269
Title	The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Realisms
Author	Delia Da Sousa Correa
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2000-12-07
Number of pages	320
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