Worlds enough : the invention of realism in the Victorian novel /
"A short, provocative book that challenges basic assumptions about Victorian fiction. Now praised for its realism and formal coherence, the Victorian novel was not always great, or even good, in the eyes of its critics. As Elaine Freedgood reveals in Worlds Enough, it was only in the late 1970s...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press
[2019]
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvfrxrv5 |
Sommario:
- Preface : Worlds enough
- Introduction : How the Victorian novel became realistic (in a French way), reactionary, and great
- Case study 1: Denotation
- Case study 2: Omniscience
- Case study 3: Paratext
- Case study 4: Hetero-ontologicality
- Case study 5: Reference
- Conclusion : Decolonizing the novel.