Elizabeth Singer Rowe and the development of the English novel [electronic resource] / Paula R. Backscheider.
Backscheider, Paula R.
2013
PR3671.R4 Z58 2013eb
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Title Elizabeth Singer Rowe and the development of the English novel [electronic resource] / Paula R. Backscheider.
Author Backscheider, Paula R.
ISBN 9781421408897 electronic book
9781421408422
1421408422
1421408899 electronic book
Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 303 p.) : ill.
Call Number PR3671.R4 Z58 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 823/.4
Summary "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-295) and index.
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Introduction: locating Elizabeth Singer Rowe
Positioning Rowe's fiction
Isles of happiness
Toward novelistic discourse
The beautiful life
Conclusion: lifestyle as legacy.

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