Desire and Truth (Hardcover, New)


"Desire and Truth" offers a major reassessment of the history of eighteenth-century fiction by showing how plot challenges or reinforces conventional categories of passion and rationality. Arguing that fiction creates and conveys its essential truths through plot, Patricia Meyer Spacks demonstrates that eighteenth-century fiction is both profoundly realistic and consistently daring.

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"Desire and Truth" offers a major reassessment of the history of eighteenth-century fiction by showing how plot challenges or reinforces conventional categories of passion and rationality. Arguing that fiction creates and conveys its essential truths through plot, Patricia Meyer Spacks demonstrates that eighteenth-century fiction is both profoundly realistic and consistently daring.

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General

Imprint

University of Chicago Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

April 1990

Availability

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First published

April 1990

Authors

Dimensions

239 x 165 x 22mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

272

Edition

New

ISBN-13

978-0-226-76845-8

Barcode

9780226768458

Categories

LSN

0-226-76845-7



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