Travel literature and the evolution of the novel / / Percy G. Adams
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| Autore: |
Adams Percy G.
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| Titolo: |
Travel literature and the evolution of the novel / / Percy G. Adams
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1983 |
| ©1983 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Voyages and travels |
| European fiction - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism | |
| European fiction - 17th century - History and criticism | |
| European fiction - 18th century - History and criticism | |
| Travelers' writings - History and criticism | |
| Voyages, Imaginary - History and criticism | |
| Travel writing - History | |
| Travel in literature | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ONE: The Amorphous, Prodigious, Evolving Novel--Now and Then; TWO: Travel Literature before 1800 -- Its History, Its Types, Its Influence; THREE: The Truth-Lie Dichotomy; FOUR: Realism and Romanticism: Local Color and Exoticism; FIVE: Structure: The Hero and His Journey; SIX: Structure: The Narrator; SEVEN: Structure: Action, Character, but Especially Theme; EIGHT: Motifs: The Coach, the Inn; NINE: Character Types; TEN: Language and Style; ELEVEN: Conclusion; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Although much has been written about how the novel relates to the epic, the drama, or autobiography, no one has clearly analyzed the complex connections between prose fiction as it evolved before 1800 and the literature of travel, which by that date had a long and colorful history.Percy Adams skilfully portrays the emergence of the novel in the fiction of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and traces in rich detail the history of travel literature from its beginnings to the time of James Cook, contemporary of Richardson and Fielding. And since the recit de voyage and the novel were then |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Travel literature and the evolution of the novel |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-8334-0 |
| 0-8131-6198-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459584003321 |
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