{"product_id":"nation-and-novel-patrick-parrinder-9780199264858","title":"Nation and Novel: The English Novel from Its Origins to the Present Day","description":"What is \"English\" about the English novel, and how has the idea of the English nation been shaped by the writers of fiction? How do the novel's profound differences from poetry and drama affect its representation of national consciousness? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eNation and Novel\u003c\/em\u003e sets out to answer these questions by tracing English prose fiction from its late medieval origins through its stories of rogues and criminals, family rebellions and suffering heroines, to the present-day novels of immigration. Major novelists from Daniel Defoe to the late twentieth century have drawn on national history and mythology in novels which have pitted Cavalier against Puritan, Tory against Whig, region against nation, and domesticity against empire. The novel is deeply concerned with the fate of the nation, but almost always at variance with official and ruling-class perspectives on English society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatrick Parrinder's groundbreaking new literary history outlines the English novel's distinctive, sometimes paradoxical, and often subversive view of national character and identity. This sophisticated yet accessible assessment of the relationship between fiction and nation will set the agenda for future research and debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Parrinder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199264856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199264858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Patrick Parrinder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43914258907391,"sku":"9780199264858","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3db1a2ba-472c-4c1d-950b-f51bd09ba154.jpg?v=1680641262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nation-and-novel-patrick-parrinder-9780199264858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}