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- catalog abstract ""The epistolary novel is a form which has been neglected in most accounts of the stylistic development of the novel. This book argues that the way that the eighteenth-century epistolary novel represented consciousness had a significant influence on the later novel." "The letters studied here reveal complex tensions within the divided minds of their writers. The close stylistic analysis presented in this study suggests that the epistolary novel can probe individual psychology in sophisticated depth." "Critics have drawn a distinction between the self at the time of writing and the self at the time at which events or emotions were experienced. This book demonstrates that the tensions within consciousness are the result of a continual interaction between the two selves of the letter-writer. It charts the oscillation between these two selves in the epistolary novels of, amongst others, Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, Samuel Richardson, Fanny Burney and Charlotte Smith. The final chapter analyses the subtle way in which Jane Austen represents the consciousness of her characters and argues that, like many later novelists, Austen is indebted to the psychological tension and inner conflict which are characteristic of the epistolary novel."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12900624.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""The epistolary novel is a form which has been neglected in most accounts of the stylistic development of the novel. This book argues that the way that the eighteenth-century epistolary novel represented consciousness had a significant influence on the later novel." "The letters studied here reveal complex tensions within the divided minds of their writers. The close stylistic analysis presented in this study suggests that the epistolary novel can probe individual psychology in sophisticated depth." "Critics have drawn a distinction between the self at the time of writing and the self at the time at which events or emotions were experienced. This book demonstrates that the tensions within consciousness are the result of a continual interaction between the two selves of the letter-writer. It charts the oscillation between these two selves in the epistolary novels of, amongst others, Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, Samuel Richardson, Fanny Burney and Charlotte Smith. The final chapter analyses the subtle way in which Jane Austen represents the consciousness of her characters and argues that, like many later novelists, Austen is indebted to the psychological tension and inner conflict which are characteristic of the epistolary novel."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: consciousness, the novel and the letter -- 2. Sex and politics: the epistolary novel before 1740 -- 3. Reserve and memory: Richardson and the experiencing self -- 4. Sentiment and sensibility: the late eighteenth-century letter -- 5. From first to third: Austen and epistolary style -- 6. Postscript: the case of Herzog.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-150) and index.".
- catalog extent "153 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415306108 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ; 1".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "823/.509 21".
- catalog subject "Consciousness in literature.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 18th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Epistolary fiction, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR858.E65 B73 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: consciousness, the novel and the letter -- 2. Sex and politics: the epistolary novel before 1740 -- 3. Reserve and memory: Richardson and the experiencing self -- 4. Sentiment and sensibility: the late eighteenth-century letter -- 5. From first to third: Austen and epistolary style -- 6. Postscript: the case of Herzog.".
- catalog title "The epistolary novel : representations of consciousness / Joe Bray.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".