History and the Early English Novel
Matters of Fact from Bacon to Defoe
This new study of the origins of the English novel argues that the novel emerged from historical writing. Examining historical writers and forms frequently neglected by earlier scholars, Robert Mayer shows that in the seventeenth century historical discourse embraced not only 'history' in its modern sense, but also fiction, polemic, gossip, and marvels. Mayer thus explains why Defoe's narratives were initially read as history. It is the acceptance of the claims to historicity, the study argues, that differentiates Defoe's fictions from those of writers like Thomas Deloney and Aphra Behn, important writers who nevertheless have figured less pr…
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Weitere Autoren: Robert, Mayer / Erskine-Hill, Howard (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-60447-5
- EAN: 9780521604475
- Produktnummer: 9482321
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 411 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 411
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