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Author MacKay, Marina, 1975-

Title The Cambridge introduction to the novel / Marina MacKay.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  809.3 M19    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  809.3 M19    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  809.3 MACKAY    Check Shelf
Description x, 217 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Cambridge introductions to literature.
Cambridge introductions to literature.
Summary "Beginning its life as the sensational entertainment of the eighteenth century, the novel has become the major literary genre of modern times. Drawing on hundreds of examples of famous novels from all over the world, Marina MacKay explores the essential aspects of the novel and its history: where novels came from and why we read them; how we think about their styles and techniques, their people, plots, places, and politics. Between the main chapters are longer readings of individual works, from Don Quixote to Midnight's Children. A glossary of key terms and a guide to further reading are included, making this an ideal accompaniment to introductory courses on the novel"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-196, 206-210) and index.
Contents About this book -- Why the novel matters -- Interchapter: Don Quixote -- Origins of the novel -- Interchapter: Tristram Shandy -- Narrating the novel -- Interchapter: Justified Sinner -- Character and the novel -- Interchapter: The Scarlet Letter -- Plotting the novel -- Interchapter: Madame Bovary -- Setting the novel -- Interchapter: Bleak House -- Time and history -- Interchapter: To the Lighthouse -- Genre and subgenre -- Interchapter: The Ministry of Fear -- Novel and anti-novel -- Interchapter: The Crying of Lot 49 -- Novel, nation, community -- Interchapter: Midnight's Children.
Subject Fiction -- History and criticism.
ISBN 9780521885751 hardback
0521885752 hardback
9780521713344 paperback
052171334X paperback
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