How novels think : the limits of British individualism from 1719-1900 / Nancy Armstrong.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, 2005.Description: x, 191 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0231130597 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Individualism in literature
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- Didactic fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Ethics in literature
Contents:
How the misfit became a moral protagonist -- When novels made nations -- Why a good man is hard to find in Victorian fiction -- The polygenetic imagination -- The necessary gothic.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-186) and index.
How the misfit became a moral protagonist -- When novels made nations -- Why a good man is hard to find in Victorian fiction -- The polygenetic imagination -- The necessary gothic.