"Ian Watt's "The Rise of the Novel "still seems to me far and away the best book ever written on the early English novel--wise, humane, beautifully organized and expressed, one of the absolutely indispensable critical works in modern literary scholarship. And W. B. Carnochan's brilliant introduction does a wonderful job of showing how Watt's book came into being and changed for good the way the novel in general is taught and understood."--Max Byrd, author of "Grant: A Novel"
"Ian Watt's "The Rise of the Novel "remains the single indispensable, absolutely essential book for students of the 18th-century novel."--John Richetti, author of "The English Novel in History: 1700-1780"
Praise for the original edition:
"A remarkable book. . . . A pioneer work in the application of modern sociology to literature."--"Manchester Guardian"
"An outstanding contribution to the field of historical sociology and the sociology of knowledge. . . . The author has set the 'rise of the novel' as a new literary genre in the social context of eighteenth-century England, with emphasis on the predominant middle-class features of the period."--"American Journal of Sociology"
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"Ian Watt's "The Rise of the Novel "still seems to me far and away the best book ever written on the early English novel--wise, humane, beautifully organized and expressed, one of the absolutely indispensable critical works in modern literary scholarship. And W. B. Carnochan's brilliant introduction does a wonderful job of showing how Watt's book came into being and changed for good the way the novel in general is taught and understood."--Max Byrd, author of "Grant: A Novel"
"Ian Watt's "The Rise of the Novel "remains the single indispensable, absolutely essential book for students of the 18th-century novel."--John Richetti, author of "The English Novel in History: 1700-1780"
Praise for the original edition:
"A remarkable book. . . . A pioneer work in the application of modern sociology to literature."--"Manchester Guardian"
"An outstanding contribution to the field of historical sociology and the sociology of knowledge. . . . The author has set the 'rise of the novel' as a new literary genre in the social context of eighteenth-century England, with emphasis on the predominant middle-class features of the period."--"American Journal of Sociology"
Imprint | University of California Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | June 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | June 2001 |
Authors | Ian Watt |
Dimensions | 210 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 339 |
Edition | New edition |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-23069-9 |
Barcode | 9780520230699 |
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LSN | 0-520-23069-8 |