The Value of the Novel Tapa blanda - 2015

Paperback. Very Good.

Cambridge University Press, 2015. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9781107637245

Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 115 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Peter Boxall's The Value of the Novel offers a reappraisal of the political and literary value of the novel as a genre at turning point in the history both of literature and of criticism. It asks us to see how richly the novel informs our attempts to understand our present and future.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

ISBN: 9781107637245
Cambridge University Press, 30 September 2015
Paperback, 202 pages 
Peter Boxall's The Value of the Novel offers a reappraisal of the ethical, political and literary value of the novel as a genre at turning point in the history both of literature and of criticism. As the dominant critical concerns of the twentieth century faded, and new cultural and technological environments emerged, Boxall argues that we lost our collective sense of the purpose of the novel. This book responds to this predicament by demonstrating why and how the novel matters to us today. Ranging from Daniel Defoe to Zadie Smith, Boxall shows how the formal properties of the novel allow us to imagine the worlds in which we live. This is a vibrant, compelling and richly informed critical perspective that asks us to see anew how central fiction is to our idea of the world, and how richly the novel informs our attempts to understand our present and our future.