{"product_id":"before-novels-the-cultural-contexts-of-eighteenth-century-english-fiction-paperback","title":"Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Paul Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat did people read \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e there were novels? Not necessarily just other \"literary\" works, according to this fascinating study of the beginnings of the English novel. To understand the origins of the novel as a species and to read individual novels well, we must know several pasts and traditions--even non-fictional and non-narrative traditions, even non-\"artistic\" and non-written pasts--that at first might seem far removed from the pleasures readers find in modern novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 9.17 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243340968157,"sku":"9780393308617","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/2dEZn0fltJ9780393308617.webp?v=1784986495","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/before-novels-the-cultural-contexts-of-eighteenth-century-english-fiction-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}