Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-261) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Modelling the Novel -- Missing Parts: Fiction to Defoe -- Novels and Anti-Novels: Contesting Fictions -- Teaching Readers to Read: Richardson and Fielding -- Renewing the Novel: Novelty, Originality, and New Directions -- The Sympathetic Strain: Sterne and Sentimental Fiction -- Narrating the Nation: Leisure, Luxury, and Politeness -- Conclusion: Making the Novel, Reading the Novel.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Hammond and Regan advance a new cultural reading of the formation of the British novel. Rejecting a teleological narrative of the genre's rise, the study presents a dynamic picture of the emergence of the novel, that focuses upon formal innovation, social and cultural engagement, and artistic and commercial competition between authors. Containing in-depth analyses of over twenty novels, topics covered include amatory vs 'realist' fiction, anti-novel discourse, the Richardson-Fielding rivalry, Sterne and sentimental fiction, representations of Britain, and the formation of a national canon."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English fiction-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.