Description

Book Synopsis
Examines the presence of theory in the nineteenth-century French novel. Emerging after the French Revolution, what we call literature was conceived as an art liberated from representational constraints. Patrick Bray shows how literature's freedom to represent anything has meant, paradoxically, that it cannot articulate a coherent theory of itself.

Trade Review
This book offers an original, sound and clever approach to literary works, as a profound and better understanding of theoretical importance of Literature in the creative nature of thought over the mechanical habits of our reading, and of the ‘a-disciplinarity' of literature."" - Jacques Neefs, James M. Beall Professor of French Literature at Johns Hopkins University

The Price of Literature

    Product form

    £37.35

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £41.50 – you save £4.15 (10%)

    Order before 4pm tomorrow for delivery by Sat 20 Jun 2026.

    A Paperback / softback by Patrick M. Bray

    1 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of The Price of Literature by Patrick M. Bray

      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 30/03/2019
      ISBN13: 9780810139329, 978-0810139329
      ISBN10: 0810139324
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the presence of theory in the nineteenth-century French novel. Emerging after the French Revolution, what we call literature was conceived as an art liberated from representational constraints. Patrick Bray shows how literature's freedom to represent anything has meant, paradoxically, that it cannot articulate a coherent theory of itself.

      Trade Review
      This book offers an original, sound and clever approach to literary works, as a profound and better understanding of theoretical importance of Literature in the creative nature of thought over the mechanical habits of our reading, and of the ‘a-disciplinarity' of literature."" - Jacques Neefs, James M. Beall Professor of French Literature at Johns Hopkins University

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account