Before Novels
| Author | : J. Paul Hunter |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0393308618 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780393308617 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (617 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Before Novels by : J. Paul Hunter
Download or read book Before Novels written by J. Paul Hunter and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By taking a close look at materials no previous twentieth-century critic has seriously investigated in literary terms--ephemeral journalism, moralistic tracts, questions-and-answer columns, 'wonder' narratives--Paul Hunter discovers a tangled set of roots for the early novel. His provocative argument for a new historicized understanding of the genre and its early readers brilliantly reveals unexpected affinities." --Patricia Meyer Spacks, Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English, University of Virginia