LEADER 03231nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910823937703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36323-5 010 $a9786611363239 010 $a0-230-60513-3 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230605138 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342433 035 $a(EBL)308136 035 $a(OCoLC)314793969 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284089 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11236707 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284089 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261131 035 $a(PQKB)10789070 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001660770 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16439692 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001660770 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14990072 035 $a(PQKB)11050555 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-60513-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308136 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308136 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194087 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136323 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342433 100 $a20070103d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSeventeenth-century English romance $eallegory, ethics, and politics /$fAmelia A. Zurcher 205 $a1st ed. 2007. 210 $aBasingstoke ;$aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53757-8 311 $a1-4039-7752-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Allegory, Constancy, and the Politic Agent; Chapter 2 Incest, Rivalry, and Succession: Romance and the Problem of Sociality; Chapter 3 The Trials of Love: Interest and Social Bonds in Midcentury Romance; Chapter 4 Interest, the Sovereign Hero, and the End of Romance; Conclusion; Notes; Index 330 $aOverturning the common characterization of Seventeenth Century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of the novel, this book argues that early modern romance was a central forum for exploring the newly pressing moral-philosophical and political problem of self-interest. 606 $aLove stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPolitics and literature$zEngland$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aLove$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aEthics in literature 606 $aLove in literature 606 $aSelf-interest 615 0$aLove stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aLove$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 615 0$aLove in literature. 615 0$aSelf-interest. 676 $a823.409 676 $a823/.08509 700 $aSandy$b Amelia Zurcher$f1965-$01720085 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823937703321 996 $aSeventeenth-century English romance$94118447 997 $aUNINA