Lives of the novelists : a history of fiction in 294 lives
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Published
New Haven, [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780300179477, 0300179472
Physical Desc
xiii, 818 pages ; 27 cm
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Published
New Haven, [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012.
Language
English
ISBN
9780300179477, 0300179472
Notes
General Note
"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books Ltd."--t.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction - from gothic, penny dreadful, and pornography to fantasy, romance, and high literature. Each author was chosen, Professor Sutherland explains, because his or her books are well worth reading and are likely to remain so for at least another century. Sutherland presents these authors in chronological order, in each case deftly combining a lively and informative biographical sketch with an opinionated assessment of the writer's work. Taken together, these novelists provide both a history of the novel and a guide to its rich variety. Always entertaining, and sometimes shocking, Sutherland considers writers as diverse as Daniel Defoe, Henry James, James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Michael Crichton, Jeffrey Archer, and Jacqueline Susann.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sutherland, J. (2012). Lives of the novelists: a history of fiction in 294 lives . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sutherland, John, 1938-. 2012. Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sutherland, John, 1938-. Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives Yale University Press, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sutherland, John. Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives Yale University Press, 2012.
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