{"product_id":"the-english-novel-an-introduction-hardback-9781405117067","title":"The English Novel; An Introduction (Hardback) 9781405117067","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe English Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTerry Eagleton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405117067, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 July 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm, 0.68 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\"Eagleton's presentation of the history of the novel is admirably clear and almost entirely free of the disfiguring jargon so relied upon by theorists and bamboozlers.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Independent\u003c\/i\u003eà \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Eagleton, almost alone among academic literary critics of his generation, has never been afraid of asking big questions about big things. In \u003ci\u003eThe English Novel: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e he takes aim at a very large target indeed. Being Eagleton (the most articulately and discriminately ideological critic of our time) he does, of course, do much more than merely 'introduce'. He makes sense of the English novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Sutherland, Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature, UCL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWritten by one of the world’s leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDistils the essentials of the theory of the novel.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFollows the model of Eagleton’s hugely popular \u003ci\u003eLiterary Theory: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Second Edition, 1996).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003e1. What is a Novel?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Henry Fielding and Samuel Richardson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Laurence Sterne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Walter Scott and Jane Austen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Brontës.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Charles Dickens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. George Eliot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Thomas Hardy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Henry James.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Joseph Conrad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. D.H. Lawrence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. James Joyce.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Virginia Woolf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostcript: After the \u003ci\u003eWake.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437753069848,"sku":"9781405117067","price":89.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405117067.jpg?v=1784938126","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-english-novel-an-introduction-hardback-9781405117067","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}