{"product_id":"9781628929713","title":"Novel: An Alternative History, 1600-1800","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNovel: An Alternative History, 1600-1800\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSteven Moore\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2014 Christian Gauss Award for excellence in literary scholarship from the Phi Beta Kappa Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving excavated the world's earliest novels in his previous book, literary historian Steven Moore explores in this sequel the remarkable flowering of the novel between the years 1600 and 1800-from \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e to America's first big novel, an homage to Cervantes entitled \u003ci\u003eModern Chivalry\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the period of such classic novels as \u003ci\u003eTom Jones, Candide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDangerous Liaisons\u003c\/i\u003e, but beyond the dozen or so recognized classics there are hundreds of other interesting novels that appeared then, known only to specialists: Spanish picaresques, French heroic romances, massive Chinese novels, Japanese graphic novels, eccentric English novels, and the earliest American novels. These minor novels are not only worthy of attention in their own right, but also provide the context needed to appreciate why the major novels were major breakthroughs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novel experienced an explosive growth spurt during these centuries as novelists experimented with different forms and genres: epistolary novels, romances, Gothic thrillers, novels in verse, parodies, science fiction, episodic road trips, and family sagas, along with quirky, unclassifiable experiments in fiction that resemble contemporary, avant-garde works. As in his previous volume, Moore privileges the innovators and outriders, those who kept the novel novel.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sequel, like its predecessor, is a “zestfully encyclopedic, avidly opinionated, and dazzlingly fresh history of the most 'elastic' of literary forms” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSteven Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D. Rutgers, 1988) is the author of several books and essays on modern literature. From 1988 to 1996 he was managing editor of the \u003ci\u003eReview of Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\/Dalkey Archive Press, and for decades he has reviewed books for a variety of journals and newspapers, principally \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 October 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781628929713\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344190070924,"sku":"9781628929713","price":36.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781628929713","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}