TY - GEN AU - MacKay, Marina TI - The Cambridge Introduction to the Novel SN - 9780521713344 U1 - 809.3 PY - 2011/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Fiction KW - History and Criticism N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -