The World and the Book

The World and the Book A Study of Modern Fiction

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book questions both the foundations of fiction and the norms of the Western artistic tradition, that is, the tradition of realism developed in the Renaissance and seventeenth century. In the process it analyses the work of Chaucer, Rabelais, Swift and Hawthorne, as well as that of Proust, Nabakov, Bellow and Golding.

About the Publisher

Macmillan

Macmillan

Macmillan is the hardback imprint of Pan Macmillan and publishes major British and international fiction authors as well as serious history, biography & memoir, politics, sport and current affairs. It also publishes a wide variety of annuals and series.

Book information

ISBN: 9780333128435
Publisher: Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 809.3
DEWEY edition: 18
Language: English
Number of pages: 318
Weight: -1g