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The Epistolary Novel

Its Origin, Development, Decline, and Residuary Influence
  • Godfrey Frank Singer
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2016
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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Foreword

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    Contents

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    I. The Development of the Literary Epistle

    1
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    II. The Letter-Writer

    20
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    III. The Vitalization of the Letter

    27
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    IV.The Fictional Outposts and the Pre-Richardsonian Letter Story

    40
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    V. Samuel Richardson and His Development of the Epistolary Novel

    60
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    VI. The Epistolary Novel from Richardson to 1800

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    VII. The Epistolary Novel in England since 1800

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    VIII. Epistolary Fiction (Particularly the Novel) in France and Italy

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    IX. Epistolary Fiction in America

    195
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    Conclusion

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512806984
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Literature; Cultural Studies
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