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A Theory of the Classical Novel

A Theory of the Classical Novel

Knight, Everett

Paperback

Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-Century Novel, Book 23

Literary CriticismGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138671118
ISBN13: 9781138671119
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 12 2017
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

First published in 1969, this book asserts that two concepts, structure and praxis, make it impractical for scholars to ignore the necessity of a theory of the novel - with the term 'classical novel' used to cover western fiction. The author argues that the novel is fundamentally an 'enterprise' - an aspect of the praxis of a particular social class - and that the ways of orthodox scholarship are also a praxis. The investigator must enquire into the nature of their questions as those traditionally put to literature are inspired by 'irrelevant' nineteenth century positivism. In the author's view the book is necessarily a theory of the classical novel and a manifesto for the student movement.

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