The English novel [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Terry Eagleton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792177803321
• Autore: Eagleton Terry <1943->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• ISBN: 1-118-72492-5; 1-118-72494-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Collana: New York Academy of Sciences
• Disciplina: 823.009
• Soggetti: English fiction - History and criticism; English literature
• 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. 338-341) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1 What is a Novel?; 2 Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift; 3 Henry Fielding and Samuel Richardson; 4 Laurence Sterne; 5 Walter Scott and Jane Austen; 6 The Brontës; 7 Charles Dickens; 8 George Eliot; 9 Thomas Hardy; 10 Henry James; 11 Joseph Conrad; 12 D. H. Lawrence; 13 James Joyce; 14 Virginia Woolf; Postcript: After the Wake; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Written by one of the world's leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day.Covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce. Distils the essentials of the theory of the novel. Follows the model of Eagleton's hugely popular Literary