The Novel and Society: A Critical Study of the Modern Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781469613314)

The author summarizes the historical development of the novel and illustrates the various recent experiments in form with examples from the entire field of modern fiction. The major portion of the book deals with the contributions made to the social life of the time and to the art of the novel by six women novelists: Sigrid Undset, Selma Lagerlof, Virginia Woolf, Ellen Glasgow, Edith Wharton, and Willa Cather.

Originally published in 1941.

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Author: N. Elizabeth Monroe
ISBN-10: 146961331X
ISBN-13: 9781469613314
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2018
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d