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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453933703321

Autore

Killick Tim

Titolo

British short fiction in the early nineteenth century [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of the tale / / Tim Killick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008

ISBN

1-317-17146-2

1-317-17145-4

1-281-79858-4

9786611798581

0-7546-8212-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

823/.0109

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Literary form - History - 19th century

Short stories, English - History and criticism

Short story

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Overview: Short Fiction in the Early Nineteenth Century; 2 Washington Irving: Geoffrey Crayon and the Market for Short Fiction; 3 Improving Stories: Women Writers, Morality, and Short Fiction; 4 Regionalism and Folklore: Local Stories and Traditional Forms; Conclusion: Short Fiction in the 1830's; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Contextualizing British short fiction within the broader context of Romantic-era print culture, Tim Killick argues that authors such as Washington Irving, Mary Russell Mitford, and James Hogg championed the use of short fiction during a period predominantly associated with novel-writing and poetry. His book makes a convincing case for the evolution of short fiction into a self-conscious and modern genre, with its own techniques and imperatives, separate from those of the novel.