{"product_id":"the-true-story-of-the-novel-9780813524535","title":"The True Story of the Novel","description":"\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\u003eNon-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\u003emarks 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Anne Doody\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 5.62w x 1.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813524535","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40724315177075,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":70.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_de760b35-4a25-4358-a8fc-8711c29f4781.jpg?v=1677251042","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-true-story-of-the-novel-9780813524535","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}