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  • An Introduction to the English Novel - Volume Two: Henry James to the Present

    by Arnold Kettle ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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    by Arnold Kettle ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to the English Novel

    Volume II

    by Arnold Kettle ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: An Introduction to the English Novel
    First published in 1953, this book forms the second part of Arnold Kettle’s An Introduction to the English Novel. In this second part, Kettle builds a discussion of the modern English novel around the study of various books that have a more than casual significance in its development. He begins with an analysis of James, Hardy and Butler: three late Victorian writers whose work points forward to ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to the English Novel

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    by Arnold Kettle ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: An Introduction to the English Novel
    First published in 1951 (this edition in 1967), this book forms the first part of Arnold Kettle’s An Introduction to the English Novel. Since the novel, like every other literary form, is a product of history, the book opens with a discussion of how and why the novel developed in England in the eighteenth century, as well as the function and background of prose fiction. The third part of the book ... Read more

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  • The Anatomy of the Novel (Routledge Revivals)

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1975, this title provides an introduction to the study of the novel. Marjorie Boulton deals systematically with the major elements of plot, character, authorial conventions, narrative structure, and dialogue and distinguishes different types of fiction. The emphasis is on the mainstream novel, with examples and arguments illustrated by quotations from five classics. Of ... Read more

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