The English Novel
Download or Read eBook The English Novel PDF written by Terry Eagleton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Terry Eagleton |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2013-05-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781118724927 |
ISBN-13 | : 1118724925 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The English Novel by : Terry Eagleton
Book excerpt: Written by one of the world’s leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day. Covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce. Distils the essentials of the theory of the novel. Follows the model of Eagleton’s hugely popular Literary Theory: An Introduction (Second Edition, 1996).