000694484 000__ 03636cam\a2200445Ia\4500 000694484 001__ 694484 000694484 005__ 20210515093642.0 000694484 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000694484 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000694484 008__ 140430s2013\\\\mdua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000694484 010__ $$z 2012023931 000694484 020__ $$a9781421408897$$qelectronic book 000694484 020__ $$z9781421408422 000694484 020__ $$z1421408422 000694484 020__ $$z1421408899$$qelectronic book 000694484 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn834604125 000694484 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10661906 000694484 035__ $$a694484 000694484 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$cCaPaEBR 000694484 05014 $$aPR3671.R4$$bZ58 2013eb 000694484 08204 $$a823/.4$$223 000694484 1001_ $$aBackscheider, Paula R. 000694484 24510 $$aElizabeth Singer Rowe and the development of the English novel$$h[electronic resource] /$$cPaula R. Backscheider. 000694484 260__ $$aBaltimore :$$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$$cc2013. 000694484 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 303 p.) :$$bill. 000694484 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-295) and index. 000694484 5050_ $$aIntroduction: locating Elizabeth Singer Rowe -- Positioning Rowe's fiction -- Isles of happiness -- Toward novelistic discourse -- The beautiful life -- Conclusion: lifestyle as legacy. 000694484 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000694484 520__ $$a"Elizabeth Singer Rowe and the Development of the English Novel" is the first in-depth study of Rowe's prose fiction. A four-volume collection of her work was a bestseller for a hundred years after its publication, but today Rowe is a largely unrecognized figure in the history of the novel. Although her poetry was appreciated by poets such as Alexander Pope for its metrical craftsmanship, beauty, and imagery, by the time of her death in 1737 she was better known for her fiction. According to Paula R. Backscheider, Rowe's major focus in her novels was on creating characters who were seeking a harmonious, contented life, often in the face of considerable social pressure. This quest would become the plotline in a large number of works in the second half of the eighteenth century, and it continues to be a major theme today in novels by women. Backscheider relates Rowe's work to popular fiction written by earlier writers as well as by her contemporaries. Rowe had a lasting influence on major movements, including the politeness (or gentility) movement, the reading revolution, and the Bluestocking society. The author reveals new information about each of these movements, and Elizabeth Singer Rowe emerges as an important innovator. Her influence resulted in new types of novel writing, philosophies, and lifestyles for women. Backscheider looks to archival materials, literary analysis, biographical evidence, and a configuration of cultural and feminist theories to prove her groundbreaking argument. 000694484 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000694484 60010 $$aRowe, Elizabeth Singer,$$d1674-1737$$xCriticism and interpretation. 000694484 650_0 $$aEnglish fiction$$y18th century$$xHistory and criticism. 000694484 650_0 $$aEnglish fiction$$xWomen authors$$xHistory and criticism. 000694484 650_0 $$aWomen and literature$$zEngland$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000694484 650_0 $$aWomen$$zEngland$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000694484 650_0 $$aSocial movements$$zEngland$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000694484 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBackscheider, Paula R.$$tElizabeth Singer Rowe and the development of the English novel.$$dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013$$z9781421408422$$w(DLC) 2012023931$$w(OCoLC)796081931 000694484 8520_ $$bacq 000694484 85280 $$bebk$$hEbrary 000694484 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3318677$$zOnline Access 000694484 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:694484$$pGLOBAL_SET 000694484 980__ $$aEBOOK 000694484 980__ $$aBIB 000694484 982__ $$aEbook 000694484 983__ $$aOnline