History and the Early English Novel Matters of Fact from Bacon to Defoe |
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Author:
| Mayer, Robert |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-511-58206-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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Robert Mayer explores the meaning of 'history' in the seventeenth century and shows how the narratives of Daniel Defoe, unlike those of Aphra Behn, were read in their own time as history. Mayer's study makes an important contribution to the debate about the origins of the modern novel in Britain.
Robert Mayer explores the meaning of 'history' in the seventeenth century and shows how the narratives of Daniel Defoe, unlike those of Aphra Behn, were read in their own time as history. Mayer's study makes an important contribution to the debate about the origins of the modern novel in Britain.