{"product_id":"the-true-story-of-the-novel-paperback","title":"The True Story of the Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Anne Doody\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwentieth-century historians and critics defending the novel have emphasized its role as \u003ci\u003esuperseding\u003c\/i\u003e something else, as a sort of legitimate usurper that deposed the Epic, a replacement of myth, or religious narrative. To say that the Age of Early Christianity was really also the Age of the Novel rumples such historical tidiness--but so it was. From the outset of her discussion, Doody rejects the conventional Anglo-Saxon distinction between Romance and Novel. This eighteenth-century distinction, she maintains, served both to keep the foreign--dark-skinned peoples, strange speakers, Muslims, and others--largely out of literature, and to obscure the diverse nature of the novel itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis deeply informed and truly comparative work is staggering in its breadth. Doody treats not only recognized classics, but also works of usually unacknowledged subgenres--new readings of novels like \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePuddn'head Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL'Assommoir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e are accompanied by insights into \u003ci\u003eDeath on the Nile\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows.\u003c\/i\u003e Non-Western writers like Chinua Achebe and Witi Ihimaera are also included. In her last section, Doody goes on to show that Chinese and Japanese novels, early \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e late, bear a strong and not incidental affinity to their Western counterparts. Collectively, these readings offer the basis for a serious reassessment of the history and the nature of the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe True Story of the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e marks the beginning of the twenty-first century's understanding of fiction and of culture. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 610\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.46 x 9.04 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702610325811,"sku":"9780813524535","price":92.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OVl0a3lNNURpajZKRitqVXF2TUVSdz09.webp?v=1763312455","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-true-story-of-the-novel-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}