Theory of the Novel

by Guido Mazzoni

The novel is the most important form of Western art. It aims to represent the totality of life; it is the flagship that literature sends out against the systematic thought of science and philosophy. Indebted to Luk cs and Bakhtin, to Auerbach and Ian Watt, Guido Mazzoni's Theory of the Novel breaks new ground, building a historical understanding of how the novel became the modern book of life: one of the best representations of our experience...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674333721
• ISBN13: 9780674333727
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"