{"product_id":"caricature-and-realism-in-the-romantic-novel-hardback-9781009274265","title":"Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel (Hardback) 9781009274265","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCaricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA counter-intuitive history of literary caricature, exploring how caricature helped make the realist novel in the Romantic period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOlivia Ferguson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009274265, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e278 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Ferguson's most compelling contribution lies in her redefinition of caricature as an organizing principle within realism. Her analyses of Austen, Edgeworth, and Godwin are most vigorous when they reveal how authors balance typological abstraction with individual specificity. … Her central claim - that realism and caricature function as interwoven strategies - is historically grounded and conceptually useful. … Ferguson's readings open avenues for intermedial analysis, tracing connections between fiction, graphic satire, theatrical performance, and the grotesque.' Farid Mohammadi, European Romantic Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat was caricature to novelists in the Romantic period? Why does Jane Austen call Mr Dashwood's wife 'a strong caricature of himself'? Why does Mary Shelley describe the body of Frankenstein's creature as 'in proportion', but then 'distorted in its proportions' – and does caricature have anything to do with it? This book answers those questions, shifting our understanding of 'caricature' as a literary-critical term in the decades when 'the English novel' was first defined and canonised as a distinct literary entity. Novels incorporated caricature talk and anti-caricature rhetoric to tell readers what different realisms purported to show them. Recovering the period's concept of caricature, Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel sheds light on formal realism's self-reflexivity about the 'caricature' of artifice, exaggeration and imagination. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Caricature Talk: 1. Defining Caricature\u003cbr\u003e 2. Denying Caricature\u003cbr\u003e 3. Caricature Talk and the Spectator\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Novel Caricatures\u003cbr\u003e Caricature Talk and Characterisation Technique: 4. Jane Austen and Anti-Caricature\u003cbr\u003e 5. Walter Scott and Historical Caricatures\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mary Shelley, Flesh-caricature and Horrid Realism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413975855384,"sku":"9781009274265","price":80.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009274265i.jpg?v=1784333005","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/caricature-and-realism-in-the-romantic-novel-hardback-9781009274265","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}