Reading the European Novel to 1900 - 9781444330472
Un libro in lingua di Schwarz Daniel R. edito da Blackwell Pub, 2014
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Written by one of literature's most esteemed scholars and critics, Reading the European Novel to 1900 is an engaging and in-depth examination of major works of the European novel from Cervantes' Don Quixote to Zola's Germinal. In Daniel R. Schwarz's inimitable style, which balances formal and historical criticism in precise, readable prose, this book offers close readings of individual texts with attention to each one's cultural and canonical context.
Major texts that he discusses: Cervantes' Don Quixote; Stendhal's The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma; Balzac's Pere Goriot; Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education; Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov; Tolstoy's War and Peace and Anna Karenina; and Zola's Germinal.
Schwarz examines the history and evolution of the novel during this period and defines each author's aesthetic, cultural, political, and historical significance. Incorporating important pedagogical suggestions and the latest research, this text provides accessible and lucid discussion of the European novel to 1900 for students, teachers, and general readers interested in the evolution of the novelistic form.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Reading the European Novel to 1900
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Schwarz Daniel R.
- Editore: Blackwell Pub
- Collana: Blackwell Pub (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 06 Ottobre '14
- Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
- Argomenti : Fiction History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General. bisacs
- Pagine: 293
- EAN-13: 9781444330472