Modern Romance and Transformations of the Novel: The Gothic, Scott, Dickens

by Ian Duncan and Ian Duncan

Book Overview

Modern Romance examines the relationship between the revival of romance form and the ascendancy of the novel in British literary culture, from 1760 to 1850. The revival of romance as the literary embodiment of a national cultural identity provided a metaphor for the 'authenticity' of the novel itself, set against the changing formations of modern life. The material conditions, cultural status and formal repertoire of prose fiction were given a canonical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521021065
• ISBN13: 9780521021067
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"