Lives of the novelists [[electronic resource] ] : a history of fiction in 294 lives / / John Sutherland

• Autore: Sutherland John <1938->
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (833 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.009
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - History and criticism; English fiction - History and criticism; Fiction - History and criticism; Novelists; Novelists, English
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction--from gothic, penny dreadful, and pornography to fantasy, romance, and high literature. Each author was chosen, Professor Sutherland explains, because his or her books are well worth reading and are likely to remain so for at least another century. Sutherland presents these authors in chronological order, in each case deftly combining a lively and informative biographical sketch with an opinionated assessment of the writer's work. Taken together, these novelists provide both a history of the novel and a guide to its rich variety. Always entertaining, and sometimes shocking, Sutherland considers writers as diverse as Daniel Defoe, Henry James, James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Michael Crichton, Jeffrey Archer, and Jacqueline Susann.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lives of the novelists
• ISBN: 1-280-06164-2; 9786613519856; 0-300-18243-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789912203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II