The Rise of the Novel
内容简介
The Rise of the Novel is Ian Watt's classic description of the interworkings of social conditions, changing attitudes, and literary practices during the period when the novel emerged as the dominant literary form of the individualist era.
In a new foreword, W. B. Carnochan accounts for the increasing interest in the English novel, including the contributions that Ian Watt's study made to literary studies: his introduction of sociology and philosophy to traditional criticism.
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读书文摘
理查逊在小说传统中的重要地位主要归功于他成功地解决了笛福未能解决的形式方面的几个主要问题。其中最重要的可能就是情节，理查逊的解决方案非常简单：他的小说专注于一个行为，只写一场求爱，没有插叙情节。如此关键的文学革命居然是由如此古老的文学武器引发的，这无疑令人费解。但是在理查逊的手中，这种古老的文学武器展示出全新的力量，这就是本章要探讨的主题。
例如，哈勒斯夫妇就描述弥尔顿起先如何“赞美婚姻的宗教意义”，转而赞美起“情感、浪漫、理想的婚姻关系的方方面面”来。
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