A History of Story-telling: Studies in the development of narrative by Ransome
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About this eBook
| Author | Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967 |
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| Illustrator | Gavin, J. |
| Title | A History of Story-telling: Studies in the development of narrative |
| Contents | Origins -- 'The romance of the rose' -- Chaucer and Boccaccio -- The rogue novel -- The Elizabethans -- The pastoral -- Cervantes -- The essayists' contribution to story-telling -- Transition: Bunyan and Defoe -- Richardson and the feminine novel -- Fielding, Smollett, and the masculine novel -- A note on Sterne -- Chateaubriand and Romanticism -- Scott and Romanticism -- The Romanticism of 1830 -- Balzac -- Gautier and the East -- Poe and the new technique -- Hawthorne and moral romance -- Mérimée and conversational story-telling -- Flaubert -- A note on De Maupassant -- Conclusion. |
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| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections |
| Subject | Fiction -- History and criticism |
| Subject | Storytelling -- History |
| Subject | Narration (Rhetoric) |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 62129 |
| Release Date | May 14, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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