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"Brown presents his theory of the novel as institutionalized and institutionalizer in a manner often as engaging as that of his privileged authors. The result is a book that takes an erudite and elelgant next step in the debate over the origins of the novel." * Nancy Armstrong, Brown University *
"Must-read meditations on the mystical protocols and a priori assumptions of novel studies." * Deirdre Lynch, Novel *

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Beginning with No Beginning
1. The Errant Letter and the Whispering Gallery
2. The Displaced Self in the Novels of Daniel Defoe
3. Tom Jones: The "Bastard" of History
4. Tristram to the Hebrews: Some Notes on the Institution of a Canonic Text
5. Sir Walter Scott and the Institution of History: The Jacobite Novels in the Relation of Fathers
6. The Institution of the English Novel
Notes
Index

Institutions of the English Novel

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1998
      ISBN13: 9780812216035, 978-0812216035
      ISBN10: 0812216032

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Brown presents his theory of the novel as institutionalized and institutionalizer in a manner often as engaging as that of his privileged authors. The result is a book that takes an erudite and elelgant next step in the debate over the origins of the novel." * Nancy Armstrong, Brown University *
      "Must-read meditations on the mystical protocols and a priori assumptions of novel studies." * Deirdre Lynch, Novel *

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Beginning with No Beginning
      1. The Errant Letter and the Whispering Gallery
      2. The Displaced Self in the Novels of Daniel Defoe
      3. Tom Jones: The "Bastard" of History
      4. Tristram to the Hebrews: Some Notes on the Institution of a Canonic Text
      5. Sir Walter Scott and the Institution of History: The Jacobite Novels in the Relation of Fathers
      6. The Institution of the English Novel
      Notes
      Index

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