{"product_id":"the-english-novel-isbn-9781405117074","title":"The English Novel","description":"Written 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  Preface. \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  \"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 \u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow at the University of Manchester. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eSweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eScholars and Rebels in Nineteenth-Century Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eLiterary Theory: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Second Edition, 1996) and \u003ci\u003eThe Illusions of Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), all published by Blackwell Publishing.  This book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing the model of his hugely popular \u003ci\u003eLiterary Theory: An Introduction,\u003c\/i\u003e Terry Eagleton starts by distilling the essentials of the theory of the novel, summarizing what has been written on the genre by a range of prominent theorists. There then follows a series of chapters on major novelists, 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. Each chapter discusses the major works of the author in question, outlines the relevant historical context, and draws out common themes.\u003ci\u003eThe English Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal introduction for students of English literature or for general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990218817765,"sku":"NP9781405117074","price":35.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405117074.jpg?v=1761786951","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-english-novel-isbn-9781405117074","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}