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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467789003321

Autore

Orr Leah

Titolo

Novel Ventures : fiction and print culture in England, 1690-1730 / / Leah Orr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, [Virginia] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8139-4014-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Disciplina

823/.509

Soggetti

English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism

Book industries and trade - England - History - 18th century

Literature and society - England - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Defining the "novel": eighteenth-century concepts of fiction -- Fiction and the book trade -- Authors and anonymous publication -- Reprints of earlier English fiction -- Foreign fiction in English translation -- Fiction with purpose -- Fiction for entertainment -- Conclusion: did the novel rise?.