Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel

by Olivia Ferguson

What was caricature to novelists in the Romantic period? Why does Jane Austen call Mr Dashwood's wife 'a strong caricature of himself'? Why does Mary Shelley describe the body of Frankenstein's creature as 'in proportion', but then 'distorted in its proportions' - and does caricature have anything to do with it? This book answers those questions, shifting our understanding of 'caricature' as a literary-critical term in the decades when 'the English...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009274260
• ISBN13: 9781009274265
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"