How Novels Think: The Limits of Individualism from 1719-1900

by Nancy Armstrong

Book Overview

Nancy Armstrong argues that the history of the novel and the history of the modern individual are, quite literally, one and the same. She suggests that certain works of fiction created a subject, one displaying wit, will, or energy capable of shifting the social order to grant the exceptional person a place commensurate with his or her individual worth. Once the novel had created this figure, readers understood themselves in terms of a narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231130597
• ISBN13: 9780231130592
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 8.9"