{"product_id":"the-rise-of-the-novel-studies-in-defoe-richardson-and-fielding-paperback","title":"The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Watt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eW. B. Carnochan\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Novel \u003c\/i\u003eis Ian Watt's classic description of the interworkings of social conditions, changing attitudes, and literary practices during the period when the novel emerged as the dominant literary form of the individualist era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a new foreword, W. B. Carnochan accounts for the increasing interest in the English novel, including the contributions that Ian Watt's study made to literary studies: his introduction of sociology and philosophy to traditional criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the new (2001) edition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan Watt's \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Novel \u003c\/i\u003estill seems to me far and away the best book ever written on the early English novel--wise, humane, beautifully organized and expressed, one of the absolutely indispensable critical works in modern literary scholarship. And W. B. Carnochan's brilliant introduction does a wonderful job of showing how Watt's book came into being and changed for good the way the novel in general is taught and understood.--Max Byrd, author of \u003ci\u003eGrant: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan Watt's \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Novel \u003c\/i\u003eremains the single indispensable, absolutely essential book for students of the 18th-century novel.--John Richetti, author of \u003ci\u003eThe English Novel in History: 1700-1780\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the original edition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable book. . . . A pioneer work in the application of modern sociology to literature.--\u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn outstanding contribution to the field of historical sociology and the sociology of knowledge. . . . The author has set the 'rise of the novel' as a new literary genre in the social context of eighteenth-century England, with emphasis on the predominant middle-class features of the period.--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the new (2001) edition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ian Watt's \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Novel \u003c\/i\u003estill seems to me far and away the best book ever written on the early English novel--wise, humane, beautifully organized and expressed, one of the absolutely indispensable critical works in modern literary scholarship. And W. B. Carnochan's brilliant introduction does a wonderful job of showing how Watt's book came into being and changed for good the way the novel in general is taught and understood.\"--Max Byrd, author of \u003ci\u003eGrant: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ian Watt's \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Novel \u003c\/i\u003eremains the single indispensable, absolutely essential book for students of the 18th-century novel.\"--John Richetti, author of \u003ci\u003eThe English Novel in History: 1700-1780\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the original edition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkable book. . . . A pioneer work in the application of modern sociology to literature.\"--\u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An outstanding contribution to the field of historical sociology and the sociology of knowledge. . . . The author has set the 'rise of the novel' as a new literary genre in the social context of eighteenth-century England, with emphasis on the predominant middle-class features of the period.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Watt \u003c\/b\u003e(1917-1999) was Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of English at Stanford University. \u003cb\u003eW. B. Carnochan \u003c\/b\u003eis Richard W. Lyman Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at Stanford, where he was a colleague of Ian Watt's for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 339\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45390846623846,"sku":"9780520230699","price":64.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NDN5Z1hTa2lKam1JZVVxNUdsRDhXdz09.webp?v=1775116206","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-rise-of-the-novel-studies-in-defoe-richardson-and-fielding-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}