The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900–2000 is a collection of the most influential writings on the theory of the novel from the twentieth century.
- Traces the rise of novel theory and the extension of its influence into other disciplines, especially social, cultural and political theory.
- Broad in scope, including sections on formalism; the Chicago School; structuralism and narratology; deconstruction; psychoanalysis; Marxism; social discourse; gender; post-colonialism; and more.
- Includes whole essays or chapters wherever possible.
- Headnotes introduce and link each piece, enabling readers to draw connections between different schools of thought.
- Encourages students to approach theoretical texts with confidence, applying the same skills they bring to literary texts.
- Includes a volume introduction, a selected bibliography, an index of topics and short author biographies to support study.
Acknowledgments.
General Introduction.
Part I: Form and Function.
1 Victor Shklovsky, “Sterne’s Tristram Shandy”.
2 Vladimir Propp, from Morphology of the Folktale.
3 Henry James, Prefaces to the New York Edition.
Preface to The Portrait of a Lady.
Preface to The Ambassadors.
4 Percy Lubbock, from The Craft of Fiction.
5 Northrop Frye, from Anatomy of Criticism.
“Rhetorical Criticism: Theory of Genres”.
Part II: The Chicago School.
6 R. S. Crane, from “Tl¥
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