Factual Fictions: The Origins of the English Novel

by Lennard J. Davis

Book Overview

"Nowadays, most readers take the intersection between fiction and fact for granted. We've developed a faculty for pretending that even the most bizarre literary inventions are, for the nonce, real. . . . The value of Davis's book is that it explores the h

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812216105
• ISBN13: 9780812216103
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"