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The Lives of the Novel: A History

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Description for The Lives of the Novel: A History Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 391 x 277 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
This is a bold and original original history of the novel from ancient Greece to the vibrant world of contemporary fiction. In this wide-ranging survey, Thomas Pavel argues that the driving force behind the novel's evolution has been a rivalry between stories that idealize human behavior and those that ridicule and condemn it. Impelled by this conflict, the novel moved from depicting strong souls to sensitive hearts and, finally, to enigmatic psyches. Pavel analyzes more than a hundred novels from Europe, North and South America, Asia, and beyond, resulting in a provocative reinterpretation of its development. According to Pavel, the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
515g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691165783
SKU
V9780691165783
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About Thomas G. Pavel
Thomas G. Pavel is Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor of French, Comparative Literature, and Social Thought at the University of Chicago. His books include Fictional Worlds and The Spell of Language.

Reviews for The Lives of the Novel: A History
Winner of the 2015 Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Prize, The International Society for the Study of Narrative Winner of the 2013 PROSE Award in Literature, Association of American Publishers Shortlisted for the 2014 Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society Pavel has written the most interesting and subtle one-volume history of the novel currently available.
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