The Sentimental Education of the Novel
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The Sentimental Education of the Novel by Margaret Cohen
The nineteenth-century French novel has been seen as the production of great men, who confronted in their works the social consequences of the French Revolution. This book argues that to understand how literary codes respond to material factors, it is imperative to see how such factors take shape within the literary field and the society.
Co-Winner of the 1999 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize, Modern Language Association "This is an important book.. Almost every page presents some salient point, proffers a useful fact, argues a question... In short, a remarkable work, necessary, and highly recommended."--Armand E. Singer, European Legacy "Carefully crafted, Cohen's book makes a persuasive argument about the relative value of prose realism and its chief rival in the sentimental social novel. Her book merits a large and appreciative audience of literary historians, theorists, and specialists in women's studies."--James Allen Smith, Nineteenth-Century French Studies "[A] significant scholarly contribution."--G. Gabrielle Starr, The Wordsworth Circle "A serious, intelligent attempt to understand more fully the early development of the nineteenth-century French novel."--John T. Booker, French Review
Margaret Cohen is Professor of Comparative Literature at New York University. She is the author of Profone illumination; Walter Benjamin and the Paris of Surreolist Revolution and coeditor of Spectacles of Realism and The Literary Channel (Princeton, see page 32).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691095882 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691095884 |
| Title | The Sentimental Education of the Novel |
| Author | Margaret Cohen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2002-01-27 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Joint winner of Modern Language Association Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies 2000 |
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