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The Cambridge Introduction to the Novel / Marina MacKay

By: Language: English Series: Cambridge Introductions to LiteraturePublication details: United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, ©2011Description: x, 217pISBN:
  • 9780521713344
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.3 MacC
Contents:
About this book 1. Why the novel matters Interchapter: Don Quixote 2. Origins of the novel Interchapter: Tristram Shandy 3. Narrating the novel Interchapter: Justified Sinner 4. Character and the novel Interchapter: The Scarlet Letter 5. Plotting the novel Interchapter: Madame Bovary 6. Setting the novel Interchapter: Bleak House 7. Time and history Interchapter: To the Lighthouse 8. Genre and subgenre Interchapter: The Ministry of Fear 9. Novel and anti-novel Interchapter: The Crying of Lot 49 10. Novel, nation, community Interchapter: Midnight's Children 11. Concluding Glossary Further reading.
Summary: Beginning its life as the sensational entertainment of the eighteenth century, the novel has become the major literary genre of modern times. Drawing on hundreds of examples of famous novels from all over the world, Marina MacKay explores the essential aspects of the novel and its history: where novels came from and why we read them; how we think about their styles and techniques, their people, plots, places, and politics. Between the main chapters are longer readings of individual works, from Don Quixote to Midnight's Children. A glossary of key terms and a guide to further reading are included, making this an ideal accompaniment to introductory courses on the novel.
List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals 01-15 October 2025, Vol. 06, Issue 28
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About this book
1. Why the novel matters
Interchapter: Don Quixote
2. Origins of the novel
Interchapter: Tristram Shandy
3. Narrating the novel
Interchapter: Justified Sinner
4. Character and the novel
Interchapter: The Scarlet Letter
5. Plotting the novel
Interchapter: Madame Bovary
6. Setting the novel
Interchapter: Bleak House
7. Time and history
Interchapter: To the Lighthouse
8. Genre and subgenre
Interchapter: The Ministry of Fear
9. Novel and anti-novel
Interchapter: The Crying of Lot 49
10. Novel, nation, community
Interchapter: Midnight's Children
11. Concluding
Glossary
Further reading.

Beginning its life as the sensational entertainment of the eighteenth century, the novel has become the major literary genre of modern times. Drawing on hundreds of examples of famous novels from all over the world, Marina MacKay explores the essential aspects of the novel and its history: where novels came from and why we read them; how we think about their styles and techniques, their people, plots, places, and politics. Between the main chapters are longer readings of individual works, from Don Quixote to Midnight's Children. A glossary of key terms and a guide to further reading are included, making this an ideal accompaniment to introductory courses on the novel.

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