How Novels Think: The Limits of Individualism from 1719-1900

by Nancy Armstrong

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Nancy Armstrong argues that the history of the novel and the history of the modern individual are, quite literally, one and the same. She suggests that certain works of fiction created a subject, one displaying wit, will, or energy capable of shifting the social order to grant the exceptional person a place commensurate with his or her individual worth. Once the novel had created this figure, readers understood themselves in terms of a narrative...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231130597

ISBN13:9780231130592

Release Date:January 2006

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory Education & Reference History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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