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Author Armstrong, Nancy, 1938-

Title How novels think : the limits of British individualism from 1719-1900 / Nancy Armstrong.

Imprint New York : Columbia University Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  823.809 Ar58h 2005    ---  Available
Description x, 191 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-186) and index.
Subject Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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.
Cover Title How novels think : the limits of individualism from 1719-1900
ISBN 0231130597 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231130589 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231503873 (e-book)

 
    
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