The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel

Description:

The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel brings together two traditionally antagonistic fields, book history and narrative theory, to challenge established theories of 'the rise of the novel'. Leah Price shows that far from leveling class or gender distinctions, as has long been claimed, the novel has consistently located them within its own audience. Shedding new light on Richardson and Radcliffe, Scott and George Eliot, this book asks why the epistolary novel disappeared, how the book review emerged, why eighteenth-century abridgers designed their books for women while Victorian publishers marketed them to men, and how editors' reproduction of old texts has shaped authors' production of new ones. This innovative study will change the way we think not just about the history of reading, but about the genealogy of the canon wars, the future of intellectual property, and the role that anthologies play in our own classrooms.

subjects: History,  Literary form,  History and criticism,  Criticism and interpretation,  English fiction,  Anthologies,  Editing,  Literary Criticism,  Nonfiction,  English fiction, history and criticism, 18th century,  English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century,  Books and reading, history,  Critique et interprétation,  Roman anglais,  Histoire et critique,  Genres littéraires,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Anthologie,  Bloemlezingen,  Ontstaansgeschiedenis,  Romans,  Engels,  Roman,  Lesen,  (Leser),  Kanon,  (Literar.),  Novels,  Book production,  Book market

People: George Eliot (1819-1880),  Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)

Times: 19th century,  18th century