Theory of the Classical Novel
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19th Century
A01=Everett Knight
Author_Everett Knight
British Literature
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Coeur Simple
Colonel Chabert
De La Mole
Disinterested Intellectual Curiosity
Drawing Back
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Girl Friend
La Chartreuse De Parme
La Rabouilleuse
Les Faux Monnayeurs
Les Illusions Perdues
literary theory
Lucien De
Lucien De Rubempre
Lucien Leuwen
Marquis De La Mole
Mathilde De La Mole
narrative structure
nineteenth century positivism
Novel
Picaresque Fiction
Practical Appropriateness
praxis in literature
social class analysis
Sociology
South African Government Official
theory of nineteenth century fiction
Ursule Mirouet
western literary criticism
William Dorrit
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138671102
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Jul 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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First published in 1969, this book asserts that two concepts, structure and praxis, make it impractical for scholars to ignore the necessity of a theory of the novel — with the term ‘classical novel’ used to cover western fiction. The author argues that the novel is fundamentally an ‘enterprise’ — an aspect of the praxis of a particular social class — and that the ways of orthodox scholarship are also a praxis. The investigator must enquire into the nature of their questions as those traditionally put to literature are inspired by ‘irrelevant’ nineteenth century positivism. In the author’s view the book is necessarily a theory of the classical novel and a manifesto for the student movement.
