How Novels Think: The Limits of Individualism from 1719-1900
Author(s)
Armstrong, Nancy
Armstrong, Nancy
Nancy Armstrong Explores How Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen And Samuel Richardson Created Unforgettable Protagonists Who Could Overcome The Limits Of Their Social Positions And How Later, Victorian Authors Like Mary Shelley Repackaged Individuality In Monstrous Forms That Threaten British Society With Collapse. How The Misfit Became A Moral Protagonist -- When Novels Made Nations -- Why A Good Man Is Hard To Find In Victorian Fiction -- The Polygenetic Imagination -- The Necessary Gothic. Nancy Armstrong. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 155-186) And Index.
| Name in long format: | How Novels Think: The Limits of Individualism from 1719-1900 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0231130589 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780231130585 |
| Book pages: | 191 |
| Book language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Dimensions: | Height: 9.4488 Inches, Length: 6.37794 Inches, Weight: 0.89066753848 Pounds, Width: 0.6397625 Inches |
