Born yesterday : inexperience and the early realist novel /
"In this book analyzing English novels of the long eighteenth century, the author argues against the long-standing association between the novel genre and the concept of a progress narrative (i.e., a bildungsroman), in which the protagonist matures over the course of the plot into someone more...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2019.
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| Summary: | "In this book analyzing English novels of the long eighteenth century, the author argues against the long-standing association between the novel genre and the concept of a progress narrative (i.e., a bildungsroman), in which the protagonist matures over the course of the plot into someone more adult. In a formalist analysis of works by Richardson, Fielding, Radcliffe, and Burney, the author argues that the early novel often depicts an inexperienced character type, which she terms "the novice." The novice, whether naive, ignorant, or simple, represents anti-development. In her epilogue, the author further explores the novice as a character type that, rather than being historically bound, reappears in contemporary young adult fiction"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 176 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1421429675 9781421429670 |