The Encyclopedia of the Novel

Logan, Peter Melville / George, Olakunle / Hegeman, Susan / Kristal, Efraín

Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature

1. Edition April 2014
1024 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

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An advanced reference resource for the novel and novel theory, The Encyclopedia of the Novel offers authoritative accounts of the history, terminology, genre and theory of the novel. Entries explore the history and tradition of the novel in different areas of the world, formal elements of the novel, subgenres, theoretical problems, and the novel's relationship to other arts and disciplines. Articles are written by an international cast of scholars, overseen by an advisory board of 37 leading specialists in the field, making this the most authoritative reference resource available on the novel.

ISBN: 978-1-118-72389-0

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* Part of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature
* Arranged in A-Z format and featuring over 140 contributors
* Written by an international cast of leading scholars, overseen by an Advisory Board of 37 specialists
* Entries explore the history and tradition of the novel in different areas of the world; formal elements of the novel (story, plot, character, narrator); technical aspects of the genre (such as realism, narrative structure and style) as well as subgenres, including the bildungsroman and the graphic novel; theoretical problems, like definitions of the novel; and topics in book history and the novel's relationship to other arts and disciplines
* Fully indexed for easy navigation
* Online version provides students and researchers with 24/7 access to authoritative reference and powerful searching, browsing and cross-referencing capabilities

Alphabetical List of Entries vii

List of Entries by Topic ix

Editors xi

Board of Advisors xii

Contributors xiv

Introduction xvii

Acknowledgments xx

The Novel A-Z 1

Index of Novelists 691

General Index 736

Peter Melville Logan is Professor of English at Temple University, USA and Director of the Center for the Humanities at Temple. He specializes in nineteenth-century British literature, critical theory, the history of the novel, and the history of science. He is the author of Victorian Fetishism: Intellectuals and Primitives (2009) and Nerves and Narratives: A Cultural History of Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century British Prose (1997), as well as articles on Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and other novelists.

Olakunle George is Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at Brown University, USA, where he teaches African literary and cultural studies, Afro-Diasporic cultural criticism, and Anglo-American literary theory. He is the author of Relocating Agency: Modernity and African Letters (2003) and articles in Comparative Literature Studies, Diacritics, Novel: A Forum on Fiction, and Representations.

Susan Hegeman is Professor of English at the University of Florida, USA, where she specializes in twentieth-century American literature, popular culture, cultural history, and critical theory. She is the author of Patterns for America: Modernism and the Concept of Culture (1999) and The Cultural Return (2012).

P. M. Logan, Temple University, USA; O. George, Brown University, USA; S. Hegeman, University of Florida, USA; E. Kristal, University of California, Los Angeles, USA