British Short Fiction in the Early Nineteenth Century: The Rise of the TaleRoutledge, 23.05.2016 - 200 Seiten In spite of the importance of the idea of the 'tale' within Romantic-era literature, short fiction of the period has received little attention from critics. Contextualizing British short fiction within the broader framework of early nineteenth-century print culture, Tim Killick argues that authors and publishers sought to present short fiction in book-length volumes as a way of competing with the novel as a legitimate and prestigious genre. Beginning with an overview of the development of short fiction through the late eighteenth century and analysis of the publishing conditions for the genre, including its appearance in magazines and annuals, Killick shows how Washington Irving's hugely popular collections set the stage for British writers. Subsequent chapters consider the stories and sketches of writers as diverse as Mary Russell Mitford and James Hogg, as well as didactic short fiction by authors such as Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, and Amelia Opie. His book makes a convincing case for the evolution of short fiction into a self-conscious, intentionally modern form, with its own techniques and imperatives, separate from those of the novel. |
Inhalt
Geoffrey Crayon and the Market for Short | |
Women Writers Morality and Short | |
Local Stories and Traditional Forms | |
Short Fiction in the 1830s | |
Index | |
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Allan Amelia Opie American anthologies appeared argues authors ballads belief Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Bracebridge Hall Britain British Short Fiction Busk Chapter characters collections of short contemporary Corbetts Crayon critical cultural Cunningham didactic Dolph Heyliger early nineteenth century Edinburgh University Edinburgh University Press edition eighteenth century essays fairy folklore folktale Garside genre German giftbooks Hannah More’s Hogg’s imagination Irish Irving’s James Hogg John Legends Letters Lights and Shadows literature London Magazine Longmans Maria Edgeworth Mary Russell Mitford Mitford’s mode modern moral fiction narrative narrator narrator’s Opie Opie’s oral Oxford periodical press political popular Preface prose publication published reader readership regional Review of Irving’s Rip Van Winkle Romantic period rural Scotland sentimental Shadows of Scottish Shepherd’s Calendar short fiction short story Sketch Book social story collections storytelling Studies in Hogg supernatural superstition titles Village vols London Walter Scott Washington Irving William Wilson’s Winter writers of short