1 Introduction: straightforward discourse and novel transactions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Preface: the scope of the book and how to read it x
5. 1 Introduction: straightforward discourse and novel transactions 1
6. 2 The elements of narrative analysis and the origins of the novel: reading Jane Austens Emma and Samuel Richardsons Pamela 17
7. 3 Bildung and belonging: studying nineteenth-century narrative and ‘self-culture’ 54
8. 4 Innovative stories and distinctive readers 90
9. 5 History, intertextuality and the carnivalised novel: postmodern conditions and postcolonial hyhridities 129
10. Select bibliography and suggested further reading 159
11. Index 168