The Lives of the Novel: A History

by Thomas G. Pavel

Book Overview

A bold new account of the history of the novel, from ancient Greece to the present

This is a bold and original original history of the novel from ancient Greece to the vibrant world of contemporary fiction. In this wide-ranging survey, Thomas Pavel argues that the driving force behind the novel's evolution has been a rivalry between stories that idealize human behavior and those that ridicule and condemn it. Impelled by this conflict,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691121893
• ISBN13: 9780691121895
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"