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In praise of fiction : prefaces to romances and novels, 1650-1760
- Title
- In praise of fiction : prefaces to romances and novels, 1650-1760 / Baudouin Millet [ed.].
- Publication
- Leuven : Peeters, 2017.
- ©2017
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- Description
- 503 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Prefaces are perhaps the most original and intriguing genres of commentary on early modern fiction in English. Surprisingly, the front materials of the 'lesser' fictional texts published between 1650 and 1760 have not yet received the scholarly attention they deserve, and have been only selectively reprinted so far. The purpose of this anthology is to make many of these prefaces available, including a number of texts authored by translators and editors of fiction published in English translation during this period. An introductory essay proposes a typology of the various strategies of legitimization of narrative prose fiction in early modern Britain, through an examination of the recurrent tropes and codes of the genre. It suggests that prefaces to narrative prose fiction in English played a key role in the emergence of a new status for fiction in the years that have traditionally been associated with accounts of the 'origins' of the 'novel'.
- Series Statement
- La République des Lettres ; 65
- Uniform Title
- République des lettres (Louvain, Belgium) ; 65.
- Subject
- 1600-1799
- Prefaces
- Romances > Appreciation > History > Great Britain > Sources
- European fiction > Appreciation > History > Great Britain > Sources
- English prose literature > 17th century > History and criticism
- English prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism
- English prose literature
- European fiction > Appreciation
- Romances > Appreciation
- Englisch
- Prosa
- Vorwort
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Sources.
- Note
- "Collection of annotated prefaces to English-language fiction"--Page 3.
- Intended as a complement to Novel and romance 1700-1800 by Ioan Williams.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-476) and index.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 17-62659
- ISBN
- 9789042933101
- 9042933100
- 9782758402589
- 2758402580
- LCCN
- 2016286895
- OCLC
- 968162474
- Title
- In praise of fiction : prefaces to romances and novels, 1650-1760 / Baudouin Millet [ed.].
- Publisher
- Leuven : Peeters, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- La République des Lettres ; 65République des lettres (Louvain, Belgium) ; 65.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-476) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1600-1799
- Added Author
- Millet, Baudouin, editor, writer of added commentary.Williams, Ioan M. Novel and romance 1700-1800.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 17-62659