9780521604475-0521604478-History and the Early English Novel: Matters of Fact from Bacon to Defoe (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought, Series Number 33)

History and the Early English Novel: Matters of Fact from Bacon to Defoe (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought, Series Number 33)

ISBN-13: 9780521604475
ISBN-10: 0521604478
Author: Robert Mayer
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 264 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521604475
ISBN-10: 0521604478
Author: Robert Mayer
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 264 pages

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History and the Early English Novel: Matters of Fact from Bacon to Defoe (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought, Series Number 33) (ISBN-13: 9780521604475 and ISBN-10: 0521604478), written by authors Robert Mayer, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2004. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent History and the Early English Novel: Matters of Fact from Bacon to Defoe (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought, Series Number 33) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Robert Mayer argues that the modern English novel emerged from historical writing. Historical discourse in the seventeenth century embraced not only "history" in its modern sense, but also fiction, polemic, gossip, and marvels. Mayer shows how the narratives of Daniel Defoe--unlike those of his contemporaries Aphra Behn and Delarivière Manley--were read, in their own time, as history, making connections that later novelists developed. This new study makes an important contribution to the continuing debate about the origins of the novel in Britain.
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