The Novel Stage: Narrative Form from the Restoration to Jane Austen

The Novel Stage: Narrative Form from the Restoration to Jane Austen
ISBN-10
1684481694
ISBN-13
9781684481699
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2020-02-14
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Author
Marcie Frank

Description

Marcie Frank’s study traces the migration of tragicomedy, the comedy of manners, and melodrama from the stage to the novel, offering a dramatic new approach to the history of the English novel that examines how the collaboration of genres contributed to the novel’s narrative form and to the modern organization of literature. Drawing on media theory and focusing on the less-examined narrative contributions of such authors as Aphra Behn, Frances Burney, and Elizabeth Inchbald, alongside those of Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and Jane Austen, The Novel Stage tells the story of the novel as it was shaped by the stage. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

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