{"product_id":"the-british-novel-of-ideas-george-eliot-to-zadie-smith-hardback-9781316514320","title":"The British Novel of Ideas; George Eliot to Zadie Smith (Hardback) 9781316514320","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe British Novel of Ideas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGeorge Eliot to Zadie Smith\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA bold new theorisation of the Novel of Ideas that incorporates innovative readings of key novelists in this tradition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRachel Potter (Edited by), Matthew Taunton (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316514320, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e502 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16.1 x 3.1 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe novel of ideas is an important form that is both under-theorised and largely neglected in accounts of the development of the novel in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book sets out the history of this critical hostility, which took hold as the aesthetic protocols of literary modernism became established among key literary tastemakers in Britain. It then proposes a revaluation and a critical reclamation of the novel of ideas, showcasing a range of perceptive, sympathetic, and sensitive ways of reading novels in which discursive argumentation is foregrounded and where the clash of ideas is vital to the novelistic effect. Through thematic chapters as well as new accounts of key novelists in the British tradition-including George Eliot, H. G. Wells, Doris Lessing and Kamila Shamsie-this book repositions the novel of ideas as a major form in modern British literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. 1850–1900: Philosophy, Religion and the Victorian Novel of Ideas: 1. Moral ideation in the nineteenth-century British novel: rethinking character-character dialogue Amanda Anderson\u003cbr\u003e 2. George Eliot: realism and dialectics Ruth Abbott\u003cbr\u003e 3. Samuel Butler: ideas against themselves John Kucich\u003cbr\u003e 4. George Gissing: idealism and social reform Benjamin Kohlmann\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 1900–1945: The Novel of Ideas, Revolution and Reform: 5. The British novel of ideas in an international context Rachel Potter\u003cbr\u003e 6. H. G. Wells: exposition and dialogue Suzanne Hobson\u003cbr\u003e 7. G. K. Chesterton: tradition and ideals Christos Hadjiyannis\u003cbr\u003e 8. E. M. Forster: liberal propositions and liberal proceduralism Janice Ho\u003cbr\u003e 9. Aldous Huxley: mysticism and science Jake Poller\u003cbr\u003e 10. Katharine Burdekin: self and not self Glyn Salton-Cox\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mulk Raj Anand: anticolonialism and abjection Anindya Raychaudhuri\u003cbr\u003e 12. Storm Jameson: fascism and liberalism Katherine Cooper\u003cbr\u003e Part III. 1945–1975: the Novel of Ideas and the Cold War: 13. The psycho-political novel of ideas and the Second World War Adam Piette\u003cbr\u003e 14. Naomi Mitchison: Nation and history James Purdon\u003cbr\u003e 15. George Orwell: politics and power Nathan Waddell\u003cbr\u003e 16. Rebecca West: trials and retribution Allan Hepburn\u003cbr\u003e 17. George Lamming: colonialism and rumination Douglas Mao\u003cbr\u003e 18. Doris Lessing: espionage and speculative fiction Peter Kalliney\u003cbr\u003e 19. Iris Murdoch: Philosophy and the Novel David Dwan\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. 1975–present: The Contemporary Novel of Ideas\u003cbr\u003e 20. Comedy, sincerity and hypocrisy in the novel of ideas Matthew Taunton\u003cbr\u003e 21. Malcolm Bradbury: sociology and satire Nicoletta Pireddu\u003cbr\u003e 22. Hanif Kureishi: fundamentalism and multiculturalism Michael Perfect\u003cbr\u003e 23. Ian McEwan: ideation and realism Dominic Head\u003cbr\u003e 24. Kamila Shamsie: citizenship and civil rights Birgit Breidenbach\u003cbr\u003e 25. Zadie Smith: Art and Beauty Peter Boxall.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\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":52475051147544,"sku":"9781316514320","price":66.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781316514320i.jpg?v=1785803718","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-british-novel-of-ideas-george-eliot-to-zadie-smith-hardback-9781316514320","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}