Revolution and the form of the British novel, 1790-1825 : intercepted letters, interrupted seductions /

Whatever happened to the epistolary novel? Why was it that by 1825 the principal narrative form of eighteenth-century fiction had been replaced by the third-person and often historicized models which have predominated ever since? Nicola Watson's original and wide-ranging study charts the suppre...

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Main Author:	Watson, Nicola J., 1958-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1994.
Subjects:	English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Literature and the revolution. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Foreign public opinion, British. English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Epistolary fiction, English > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 19th century. Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 18th century. English language > 19th century > Rhetoric. Literary form > History > 18th century. Literary form > History > 19th century. English fiction > French influences. Point of view (Literature) Seduction in literature. Letters in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) Literary form. Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. Roman épistolaire anglais > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. Roman anglais > Influence française. Point de vue (Littérature) Séduction dans la littérature. Lettres (Genre littéraire) dans la littérature. Narration. Genres littéraires. France > Histoire > 1789-1799 (Révolution) > Littérature et révolution. Narration > Histoire > 19e siècle. Narration > Histoire > 18e siècle. Anglais (Langue) > 19e siècle > Rhétorique. Genres littéraires > Histoire > 18e siècle. Genres littéraires > Histoire > 19e siècle. English fiction > French influences English language > Rhetoric Letters in literature Literary form Public opinion, British Seduction in literature France Französische Revolution Nationalbewusstsein Briefroman Erzähltechnik Französische Revolution > Motiv Roman Briefromans. Engels. Verteltheorie. Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Englisch. English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism. Epistolary fiction > History and criticism. Sentimentalism in literature. 1700-1899 English fiction > History, 1745-1837 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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by Watson, Nicola J., 1958-
Published 1994

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