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The Sentiment of Reality (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Bell, Michael

 
9780367610661: The Sentiment of Reality (Routledge Revivals)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367610663 ISBN 13: 9780367610661
Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

Originally published in 1983, The Sentiment of Reality covers the rise and decline of the realist novel from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.

The book takes the form of an extended essay on two closely related themes in the history of the novel: first, the impact and aftermath of the eighteenth-century cult of sentiment and, secondly, the supplanting of illusionism by an aesthetic of mimesis. This forms the basis of an exploration of the emotional impact that fiction has on the reader. Using this analysis, the book defends the realist tradition against common contemporary criticism.

The Sentiment of Reality combines a close reading of key moments in European fiction with a wide-ranging speculative treatment of historical and formal questions.

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About the Author

Michael Bell Department of English, University of Warwick, UK

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367610663
ISBN 13 
9780367610661
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
226