{"product_id":"reading-the-european-novel-to-1900-9781119517702","title":"Reading the European Novel to 1900","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchwarz's study is chock full of judicious evaluation of characters, narrative devices, ethical commentary, and helpful information about historical and political contexts including the role of Napoleon, the rise of capitalism, trains, class divisions, transformation of rural life, and the struggle to define human values in a period characterized by debates between and among rationalism, spiritualism, and determinism. One experiences the pleasure of watching a master critic as he re-reads, savors, and passes on his hard-won wisdom about how we as humans read and why.   Daniel Morris,Professor of English, Purdue University Written by one of literature's most esteemed scholars and critics,Reading the European Novel to 1900is an engaging and in-depth examination of major works of the European novel from Cervantes'Don Quixote toZola'sGerminal. In Daniel R. Schwarz's inimitable style, which balances formal and historical criticism in precise, readable prose, this book offers close readings \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: The Odyssey of Reading Novels 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Miguel de Cervantes’\u003ci\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/i\u003e(1605, 1615): Inventing the Novel 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Reading Stendhal’s \u003ci\u003eThe Red and the Black \u003c\/i\u003e(1830) and \u003ci\u003eThe Charterhouse of Parma \u003c\/i\u003e(1839): Character and Caricature 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 “Perhaps”:\u003ci\u003eThe Red and the Black \u003c\/i\u003eas Psychological Novel and Political Anatomy 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 \u003ci\u003eThe Charterhouse of Parma\u003c\/i\u003e: Narrative as Energy, Reading as Play 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Predatory BehaviorinBalzac’s\u003ci\u003eP`ere Goriot \u003c\/i\u003e(1835): Paris as a Trope for Moral Cannibalism 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Flaubert’s \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary \u003c\/i\u003e(1857) and \u003ci\u003eSentimental Education \u003c\/i\u003e(1869): The Aesthetic Novel 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e: Literary Form Examining Provincial Manners and Desire 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Briefly Discussing the Puzzles of \u003ci\u003eSentimental Education \u003c\/i\u003e124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 ReadingDostoevsky’s\u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground \u003c\/i\u003e(1864) and \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment \u003c\/i\u003e(1866) 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e: The Piano Plays Back 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e: Raskolnikov’s Descent and Rebirth 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Hyperbole and Incongruity in Dostoevsky’s \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov \u003c\/i\u003e(1880): Excess and Turmoil as Modes of Being 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Tolstoy’s \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace \u003c\/i\u003e(1869): The Novel as Historical Epic 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Tolstoy’s \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina \u003c\/i\u003e(1877): Exploring Passions and Values in Nineteenth-Century Russia 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Emile Zola’s \u003ci\u003eGerminal \u003c\/i\u003e(1885): The Aesthetics, Thematics, and Ideology of the Novel of Purpose 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography (IncludingWorks Cited) 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 279\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407071027543,"sku":"9781119517702","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119517702.jpg?v=1730498073","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-the-european-novel-to-1900-9781119517702","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}