Early modern prose fiction : the cultural politics of reading /
Highlighting the significance of early modern prose fiction as a hybrid genre that absorbed cultural, ideological and historical strands of the age, this work considers the reciprocal relation of early modern prose fiction to class distinctions, examining various factors
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| Language: | English |
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2007
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| Summary: | Highlighting the significance of early modern prose fiction as a hybrid genre that absorbed cultural, ideological and historical strands of the age, this work considers the reciprocal relation of early modern prose fiction to class distinctions, examining various factors The study of early modern prose fiction offers invaluable insight into the culture of the period and is quickly becoming one of the most exciting areas of current literary research. Bringing together multiple strands of recent scholarship, Early Modern Prose Fiction formulates afresh the critical and historical context in which crucial genre might be understood and offers both a survey of the field and incisive analysis of key authors and texts Sharing the view that prose fiction had a significant impact on the social, political and economic fabric of early modern England, the essays in this volume examine such issues as: links between the emergence of the genre and a new culture of reading and writing for pleasure, accessible for the first time to those previously excluded from such activities, particularly women and the working classes, the challenge this new culture represented to existing social structures, as a growing emphasis on literacy allowed for increased class mobility and newly flexible notions of class, the relationship between prose fiction and the rise of a publishing and book-marketing industry, due to the increased popularity of reading, the development of romance fiction and the emerging sense of 'nation' and 'nationalism' that accompanied it, changing critical views of prose fiction, and the beginnings of a tendency to consider it an inferior or trivial art form What emerges is a compelling perspective on a sometimes neglected genre: early modern prose fiction in reciprocal relation to class distinctions, and as a hybrid genre that absorbed cultural ideological, and historical strands of the age. Early Modern Prose Fiction is a convincing case for the significance of the form and an important study for any scholar or student of early modern English culture |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | ix, 185 p. ; 22 cm ix, 185 p. ; 23 cm ix, 185 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-178) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-178) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-178) and index |
| ISBN: | 0203004582 (ebk) 0203004582 041535840X (alk. paper) 041535840X (hbk) 041535840X 0415358418 (pbk) 0415358418 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415358418 9780203004586 (e-book) 9780203004586 (ebk) 9780203004586 9780415358408 (alk. paper) 9780415358408 (hbk) 9780415358408 9780415358415 (pbk) 9780415358415 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780415358415 |