Reading the European Novel to 1900: A Critical Study of Major Fiction from Cervantes' Don Quixote to Zola's Germinal

by Daniel R. Schwarz

Book Overview

"Schwarz's study is chock full of judicious evaluation of characters, narrative devices, ethical commentary, and helpful information about historical and political contexts including the role of Napoleon, the rise of capitalism, trains, class divisions, transformation of rural life, and the struggle to define human values in a period characterized by debates between and among rationalism, spiritualism, and determinism. One experiences the pleasure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119517702
• ISBN13: 9781119517702
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"