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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783824303321

Autore

Ermarth Elizabeth Deeds <1939, >

Titolo

The English novel in history, 1840-1895 / / Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-98024-8

1-134-98025-6

1-280-53964-X

9786610539642

0-203-13213-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

The novel in history

Disciplina

823/.809358

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Social classes in literature

Literature and history - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Social classes - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Cultural pluralism in literature

Power (Social sciences) in literature

Sex role in literature

Great Britain Social conditions 19th century

Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901

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. 227-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; DEDICATION; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 NARRATIVE AND NATURE; 2 THE IDEA OF HISTORY; 3 SOCIETY AS AN ENTITY; 4 DILEMMAS OF DIFFERENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The construction of history as a social common denominator is a powerful achievement of the nineteenth-century novel, a form dedicated to experimenting with democratic social practice as it conflicts with economic and feudal visions of social order. Through revisionary readings of familiar nineteenth-century texts The English



Novel in History 1840-1895 takes a multidisciplinary approach to literary history. It highlights how narrative shifts from one construction of time to another and reformulates fundamental ideas of identity, nature and society. Elizabeth Ermarth discusses the