Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i 1
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Note on the transcription of texts x
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I The rise of the novel as genre
8. 1 The novel and its critics 25
9. 2 The temporality of genre 32
10. Part II Paratexts: the genesis of genre
11. 3 Seventeenth-century writing 57
12. 4 Paratext and drama 73
13. 5 Paratext and prose 91
14. Part III The Restoration novel
15. 6 Narrating, telling, and speaking 148
16. 7 Types, characters, individuals 170
17. 8 Truth and fiction 189
18. Conclusion 215
19. Endnotes 220
20. Bibliography 281
21. Index 317