The English Novel in History, 1840-1895Psychology Press, 1997 - Всего страниц: 246 The construction of history as a social common denominator is a powerful achievement of the nineteenth-century novel, a form dedicated to experimenting with democratic social practice as it conflicts with economic and feudal visions of social order. Through revisionary readings of familiar nineteenth-century texts The English Novel in History 1840-1895 takes a multidisciplinary approach to literary history. It highlights how narrative shifts from one construction of time to another and reformulates fundamental ideas of identity, nature and society. |
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THE IDEA OF HISTORY | 66 |
SOCIETY AS AN ENTITY | 116 |
DILEMMAS OF DIFFERENCE | 168 |
Bibliography | 227 |
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