The Epistolary Novel

Author : Joe Bray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134402533

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The Epistolary Novel by Joe Bray Pdf

The epistolary novel is a form which has been neglected in most accounts of the development of the novel. This book argues that the way that the eighteenth-century epistolary novel represented consciousness had a significant influence on the later novel. Critics have drawn a distinction between the self at the time of writing and the self at the time at which events or emotions were experienced. This book demonstrates that the tensions within consciousness are the result of a continual interaction between the two selves of the letter-writer and charts the oscillation between these two selves in the epistolary novels of, amongst others, Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, Samuel Richardson, Fanny Burney and Charlotte Smith.

Author : Mary Ann Shaffer,Annie Barrows
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408803318

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer,Annie Barrows Pdf

The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide - now a major film starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton To give them hope she must tell their story It's 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer's block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book – she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books – and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation. Drawn into their irresistible world, Juliet sets sail for the island, changing her life forever.

Author : Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521800044

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Ancient Epistolary Fictions by Patricia A. Rosenmeyer Pdf

A comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature, first published in 2001.

Author : Jonathan Richards,Tad Richards
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611457230

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Nick and Jake by Jonathan Richards,Tad Richards Pdf

Forging a friendship at the peak of McCarthyism in 1953 America, Nick Carraway from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Jake Barnes from Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises embark on a life-changing endeavor to save the country from a CIA plot, in a story that incorporates other famous characters from classic literature. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Julie Schumacher
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345807335

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Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher Pdf

“Like Richard Russo’s Straight Man this book has a lot to say about the humanities in American colleges and universities…. Very funny and also moving.” —Tom Perrotta, New York Post A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR and Boston Globe Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary." Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and squalid quarters, while one floor above them the Economics Department is getting lavishly remodeled offices. His once-promising writing career is in the doldrums, as is his romantic life, in part as the result of his unwise use of his private affairs for his novels. His star (he thinks) student can't catch a break with his brilliant (he thinks) work Accountant in a Bordello, based on Melville's Bartleby. In short, his life is a tale of woe, and the vehicle this droll and inventive novel uses to tell that tale is a series of hilarious letters of recommendation that Fitger is endlessly called upon by his students and colleagues to produce, each one of which is a small masterpiece of high dudgeon, low spirits, and passive-aggressive strategies. We recommend Dear Committee Members to you in the strongest possible terms. Don’t miss Julie Schumacher's new novel, The English Experience, coming soon.

Author : Aphra Behn
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1736
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : IND:30000108799739

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Love-letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Aphra Behn Pdf

Author : Thomas O. Beebee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521622751

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Epistolary Fiction in Europe, 1500-1850 by Thomas O. Beebee Pdf

This book explores epistolary fiction as a major phenomenon across Europe from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century.

Author : Godfrey Frank Singer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781512806984

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The Epistolary Novel by Godfrey Frank Singer Pdf

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Author : J. A. Downie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199566747

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The Oxford Handbook of the Eighteenth-Century Novel by J. A. Downie Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of the Eighteenth Century Novel is the first published book to cover the 'eighteenth-century English novel' in its entirety. It is an indispensible resource for those with an interest in the history of the novel.

Author : Robert Adams Day
Publisher : Ann Arbor, U. of Michigan P
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : English fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015010338666

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Told in Letters by Robert Adams Day Pdf

Author : Joe Bray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134402540

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The Epistolary Novel by Joe Bray Pdf

The epistolary novel is a form which has been neglected in most accounts of the development of the novel. This book argues that the way that the eighteenth-century epistolary novel represented consciousness had a significant influence on the later novel. Critics have drawn a distinction between the self at the time of writing and the self at the time at which events or emotions were experienced. This book demonstrates that the tensions within consciousness are the result of a continual interaction between the two selves of the letter-writer and charts the oscillation between these two selves in the epistolary novels of, amongst others, Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, Samuel Richardson, Fanny Burney and Charlotte Smith.

Author : Godfrey Frank Singer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:641054409

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The epistolary novel by Godfrey Frank Singer Pdf

Author : Natascha Würzbach
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000891836

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The Novel in Letters by Natascha Würzbach Pdf

First published in 1969, The Novel in Letters is a collection of nine novels in letters, representative of certain tendencies in narrative technique and subject-matter between 1678 and 1740. The editor shows how the narrative attitude of the letter writer, his humorous or sentimental viewpoint, give the events the flavour of personal experience. Motifs such as the arranged betrothal, or the gradual decline of an innocent girl to a common whore thus become more immediate. The increasing importance of the narrator, the use of the point-of-view technique, sentimental analysis, and a new interest in characterisation through direct or indirect self-revelation, all mark the transition from the romance to the ‘realistic novel.’ In the introduction, the editor traces the structure of the epistolary novel back to the sub-literary forms which it most resembles and illustrates how the novel is rooted in journalism and other forms of non-literary writing such as the genuine letter, the diary, autobiography, manuals and didactic literature. There is also an examination of the problem of differentiating between historical reality and literary fiction. This book will be of interest to students and teachers of literature.

Author : Maria Löschnigg,Rebekka Schuh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110584813

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The Epistolary Renaissance by Maria Löschnigg,Rebekka Schuh Pdf

Since the late twentieth century, letters in literature have seen a remarkable renaissance. The prominence of letters in recent fiction is due in part to the rediscovery, by contemporary writers, of letters as an effective tool for rendering aspects of historicity, liminality, marginalization and the expression of subjectivity vis-à-vis an ‘other’; it is also due, however, to the artistically challenging inclusion of the new electronic media of communication into fiction. While studies of epistolary fiction have so far concentrated on the eighteenth century and on thematic concerns, this volume charts the epistolary renaissance in recent literature, entering new territory by also focusing on the aesthetic implications of the epistolary mode. In particular, the essays in this volume illuminate the potential of the epistolary (including digital forms) for rendering contemporary sensitivities. The volume thus offers a comprehensive assessment of letter narratives in contemporary literature. Through its focus on the aesthetic and structural aspects of new epistolary fiction, the inclusion of various narrative forms, and the consideration of both conventional letters and their new digital kindred, The Epistolary Renaissance offers novel insight into a multi-facetted (re)new(ed) genre.

Author : Kate Novotny Owen
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781535853910

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Samuel Richardson and the Epistolary Novel by Kate Novotny Owen Pdf

Gale Researcher Guide for: Samuel Richardson and the Epistolary Novel is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.