János Barcsák, Márta Pellérdi

English literature 1660-1900


Novels and romances

In 1692 William Congreve labelled Incognita, the work he was writing, as a “novel” rather than a “romance,” and argued for the necessity of distinguishing the two terms from one another. The successful Restoration playwright must have felt the oncoming great literary change that was to take place in the eighteenth century with the emergence of a new form of writing, the long fictional narrative in prose which we call today the “novel.” In the Preface to Incognita, which can be regarded as an early experiment in the literary possibilities that the novel as a genre has to offer, Congreve suggested that

English literature 1660-1900

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Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2018

ISBN: 978 963 454 261 2

A history of the English literature is presented here, with a scope on the years 1660 to 1900. The book is written in three main parts; beginning with the Restoration Period of the 17th century, followed by the first, and second halves of the 18th century. Thus, a sequential development of literary genres is presented, with explorations of the key figures and texts which drove these. The book also synthesises the historical, cultural and sociological background which gave rise to this literature, and allows the reader to effectively contextualise these.

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