Samuel Richardson & the Dramatic Novel
by Konigsberg, Ira
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1968 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. (8) 142 pp. First Edition, 1968. Not Price Clipped. Lightly rubbed edges of spine dj. Only the faintest wear to boards, else, Pristine. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 6.25" x 9.5". Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. acknowledgments, introduction, I. Novelist & Critic of the Drama; II. Maidens & Libertines; III. Sentimental Literature & Static Sensibility; IV. The Tragedy of Clarissa; V. The Dramatic Novel; notes, index. "By this synthesis of the modes of drama with those of earlier fiction, Richardson gave new life and shape to the Englush novel, creating an art form that would be later developed by Jane Austen, Henry James, and James Joyce." from the jacket flap..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005290
- Title
- Samuel Richardson & the Dramatic Novel
- Author
- Konigsberg, Ira
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- University of Kentucky Press
- Place of Publication
- Lexington
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM ENGLISH NOVELISTS THE DRAMATIC NOVEL CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
- Size
- Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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