Friendship and the Novel

Friends are at the centre of novels by everyone from George Eliot to Elena Ferrante. It is nearly impossible to name a work of fiction that is not enriched by the tensions and magnetisms of friendship. Friendship and the Novel focuses on the affective and narrative possibilities created by friendship in fiction. Friendship enables plots about rivalry, education, compassion, pity, deceit, betrayal, animosity, and breakup. It crosses boundaries of gender,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228020379
• ISBN13: 9780228020370
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"