| A Theory of the Classical Novel Contributor(s): Knight, Everett (Author) |
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ISBN: 113867110X ISBN-13: 9781138671102 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $138.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-Century Novel |
| Physical Information: 166 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1969, this book asserts that two concepts, structure and praxis, make it impractical for scholars to ignore the necessity of a theory of the novel -- with the term 'classical novel' used to cover western fiction. The author argues that the novel is fundamentally an 'enterprise' -- an aspect of the praxis of a particular social class -- and that the ways of orthodox scholarship are also a praxis. The investigator must enquire into the nature of their questions as those traditionally put to literature are inspired by 'irrelevant' nineteenth century positivism. In the author's view the book is necessarily a theory of the classical novel and a manifesto for the student movement. |