Seventeenth-Century English Romance: Allegory, Ethics, and Politics

Zurcher, A.

Overturning the common characterization of Seventeenth Century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of the novel, this book argues that early modern romance was a central forum for exploring the newly pressing moral-philosophical and political problem of self-interest.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-03-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403977526

DOI: 10.1057/9780230605138

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 226