The Nouveau Roman: Fiction, Theory and Politics

by Celia Britton

The Nouveau Roman writers have been actively involved in the theory as well as the practice of fiction, participating in a series of vigorous debates on issues such as the political significance of literature, formalism and structuralism, the status of the author, etc. This study discusses Robbe-Grillet, Sarraute, Simon, Butor and Ricardou, analysing both the interaction of their own theory and fiction and their reactions to the work of figures such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333568133
• ISBN13: 9780333568132
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"