Before fiction : the ancien régime of the novel /

Before Fiction asks why so many early novelists pretended their novels were literally true when no one believed them. For Nicholas D. Paige the answer lies in a radically new view of the formal history of the novel in England and France.

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Main Author: Paige, Nicholas D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011
Edition:1st ed.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Before Fiction asks why so many early novelists pretended their novels were literally true when no one believed them. For Nicholas D. Paige the answer lies in a radically new view of the formal history of the novel in England and France.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812205107
0812205103
1283897172
9781283897174
Language:In English.