The Rise of the Novel

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THe Rise OF TH€ NOVEL
"This is a remarkable book in three respects. First, it is the only full-length study of the early eighteenth-century novel that has appeared in recent years. . . . Secondly, it is a pioneer work in the application of modern sociology to literature. . . . |But] sociological analysis, however deep, is not the ultimate point of literary criticism; and we might have been disappointed if Mr. Watt had not scored for the third time, by a brilliant critical appreciation of three masterpieces of the period, 'Moll Flanders^ 'Clarissa^ and Tom Jones! "
Manchester Guardian
"This book is an outstanding contribution to the field of historical sociology and the sociology of knowledge. In three hundred well-written and carefully documented pages 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!'—American ]ournal of Sociology
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THe Rise OF TH€ NOVEL
"This is a remarkable book in three respects. First, it is the only full-length study of the early eighteenth-century novel that has appeared in recent years. . . . Secondly, it is a pioneer work in the application of modern sociology to literature. . . . |But] sociological analysis, however deep, is not the ultimate point of literary criticism; and we might have been disappointed if Mr. Watt had not scored for the third time, by a brilliant critical appreciation of three masterpieces of the period, 'Moll Flanders^ 'Clarissa^ and Tom Jones! "
Manchester Guardian
"This book is an outstanding contribution to the field of historical sociology and the sociology of knowledge. In three hundred well-written and carefully documented pages 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!'—American ]ournal of Sociology
"The strength of the book lies in its not being limited to any one method or point of view. . ^ . Professor Watt leaves us not only with a deepened understanding of the novels as documents, or reflections, of major social tendencies, but with new insight into their nature as artistic creations. One finishes the book with a satisfying sense of its completeness."—Saturday Review
IAN WATT, formerly a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, is Professor of English at Stanford University. Vissza