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Real and Imagined Worlds

The Novel and Social Science
  • Morroe Berger
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1977
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    Frontmatter

    i
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    Preface

    vii
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    Contents

    ix
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    1. Approaches to Social Life

    1
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    2. Common Origins in the Eighteenth Century

    12
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    3. Human Association and Culture in the Novel

    46
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    4. Political Power and Social Class in the Novel

    82
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    5. The Novel as a Vehicle for Social Commentary

    119
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    6. Sociopsychological Insights in the Novel

    133
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    7. Fiction and History

    162
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    8. Literature and Life

    186
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    9. Literature as a Social Science

    214
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    10. The Challenge of Science to Literature

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  • Bibliography. Notes. Index
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    Bibliography

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    Notes

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    Index

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eBook published on:
October 1, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9780674418998
Hardcover published on:
February 5, 1977
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674418981
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8
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303
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674418998
eBook ISBN: 9780674418998
Hardcover ISBN: 9780674418981
Keywords for this book
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Fiction -- Social aspects.; Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Professional and scholarly;
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