The Lives of the Novel: A History by Thomas G. Pavel

The Lives of the Novel: A History

Thomas G. Pavel

346 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective medium-paced
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A history of the novel from ancient Greece to the present. Pavel argues that the driving force behind the novel's evolution has been a rivalry between stories that idealize human behavior and those that ridicule and condemn it.

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