The rise of the novel ; studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding
- 319 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Realism and the novel form -- The reading public and the rise of the novel -- Robinson Crusoe, individualism and the novel -- Defoe as novelist: Moll Flanders -- Love and the novel: Pamela -- Private experience and the novel -- Richardson as novelist: Clarissa -- Fielding and the epic theory of the novel -- Fielding as novelist: Tom Jones -- Realism and the later tradition: a note
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 --Criticism and interpretation Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 --Fictional works Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761 --Criticism and interpretation
English fiction--History and criticism--18th century