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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Hershinow, Stephanie Insley (1982-....)
Titre(s) : Born yesterday [Texte imprimé] : inexperience and the early realist novel / Stephanie Insley Hershinow
Publication : Baltimore (Md.) : Johns Hopkins university press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii, 176 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"In this book analyzing English novels of the long eighteenth century, the author
argues against the long-standing association between the novel genre and the concept
of a progress narrative (i.e., a bildungsroman), in which the protagonist matures
over the course of the plot into someone more adult. In a formalist analysis of works
by Richardson, Fielding, Radcliffe, and Burney, the author argues that the early novel
often depicts an inexperienced character type, which she terms "the novice." The novice,
whether naive, ignorant, or simple, represents anti-development. In her epilogue,
the author further explores the novice as a character type that, rather than being
historically bound, reappears in contemporary young adult fiction"
Sujet(s) : Roman anglais -- 18e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs
Personnages -- Dans la littérature
Personnalité -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781421429670. - ISBN 1421429675 (rel.). - ISBN 9781421429687 (erroné). - ISBN
1421429683 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45751216k
Notice n° :
FRBNF45751216
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction. Entering the world ; Clarissa's conjectural history: the novel and
the novice ; When experience matters (and when it doesn't): Tom Jones and the Rake's
Regress ; Simple and sublime: the otherworldly of Ann Radcliffe's gothic ; Starting
from scratch: Frances Burney and the Appeals of Inexperience ; Epilogue: Emma's Dystopia.
