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| '''The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding''' is a nonfiction book |
'''The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding''' is a nonfiction book that relates the confluence of events in literary history that defined the emergence of the novel in the eighteenth century. It was written by ]. It was originally published in 1957 by the ].<ref name=Hirsch>{{cite journal | doi=10.1111/j.1467-8705.1969.tb02016.x | title=The Reality of Ian Watt | date=1969 | last1=Hirsch | first1=David H. | journal=Critical Quarterly | volume=11 | issue=2 | pages=164–179 }}</ref><ref name=Shwartz>{{cite journal | jstor=30225060 | title=The Importance of Ian Watt's "The Rise of the Novel" | last1=Schwarz | first1=Daniel R. | journal=The Journal of Narrative Technique | date=1983 | volume=13 | issue=2 | pages=59–73 }}</ref><ref name=Reeves>{{cite journal | ||
| | last = Reeves | |||
| | first = Margaret | |||
| | title = Telling the Tale of the Rise of the Novel | |||
| | journal = CLIO | |||
| | volume = 30 | |||
| | issue = 1 | |||
| | pages = 25–49 | |||
| | publisher = Purdue University | |||
| | location = Fort Wayne, Indiana | |||
| | date = Fall 2000 | |||
| | url = https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A74801185/AONE?u=nhais_hsck&sid=googleScholar&xid=78f4f0de | |||
| | access-date =December 30, 2024}} Gale Academic</ref><ref name=McKillop>{{cite journal | jstor=434969 | last1=McKillop | first1=Alan D. | title=Reviewed work: The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding, Ian Watt | journal=Modern Philology | date=1958 | volume=55 | issue=3 | pages=208–210 | doi=10.1086/389221 }}</ref><ref name=Lowenthal>{{cite journal | jstor=2773989 | last1=Lowenthal | first1=Leo | title=Reviewed work: The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding., Ian Watt | journal=American Journal of Sociology | date=1959 | volume=64 | issue=4 | page=440 | doi=10.1086/222536 }}</ref><ref name=Woods>{{cite journal | jstor=3043694 | last1=Woods | first1=Charles B. | title=Reviewed work: The Early Masters of English Fiction, Alan Dugald McKillop; the Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding, Ian Watt | journal=Modern Language Notes | date=1957 | volume=72 | issue=8 | pages=622–625 | doi=10.2307/3043694 }}</ref><ref name=Davis>{{cite journal | jstor=1943466 | last1=Davis | first1=Curtis Carroll | title=Reviewed work: The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding, Ian Watt | journal=The William and Mary Quarterly | date=1960 | volume=17 | issue=3 | pages=425–426 | doi=10.2307/1943466 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Synopsis== | |||
| In this book, Watt says that literary works cannot exist as isolated entities. He also says that literary ideas and the novels that express them are interconnected.<ref name=Shwartz/> At the same time, he notes that social and moral norms influence the artists and their work. In addition, Watt demonstrates how the evolution of the novel form is closely linked to the intellectual and social shifts that occurred during the 18th century. To produce this narrative, he has merged ] and formal criticism. A key theme Watt focuses on is formal realism. This means that a defining feature of novels is their focus on realistic details. These details authentically imitate everyday life and people demonstrating faults, strengths, and weaknesses. This is in contrast to older stories which often used idealized characters and situations.<ref name=Shwartz/> | |||
| Watt says that the unique characteristics of the novel are closely connected to the social and cultural changes that occurred during its rise. The works of ], ], and ] were heavily influenced by the growing reading public, the rise of individualism, and the influence of Protestant beliefs ensconced in Calvinism and Puritanism. These factors led to the novel's focus on individual characters and their detailed descriptions of settings and situations.<ref name=Shwartz/><ref name=Reeves/> | |||
| ==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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| == Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
| *{{cite journal | jstor=1345161 | title=Serious Reflections on "The Rise of the Novel" | last1=Watt | first1=Ian | journal=Novel: A Forum on Fiction | date=1968 | volume=1 | issue=3 | pages=205–218 | doi=10.2307/1345161 }} | *{{cite journal | jstor=1345161 | title=Serious Reflections on "The Rise of the Novel" | last1=Watt | first1=Ian | journal=Novel: A Forum on Fiction | date=1968 | volume=1 | issue=3 | pages=205–218 | doi=10.2307/1345161 }} | ||
| *{{cite journal | jstor=1346025 | title=In the Wake of the Novel: The Oriental Tale as National Allegory | last1=Aravamudan | first1=Srinivas | journal=Novel: A Forum on Fiction | date=1999 | volume=33 | issue=1 | pages=5–31 | doi=10.2307/1346025 }} | |||
| *{{cite book|last = Hunter| first = J. Paul| author-link =| title = The Reluctant Pilgrim: Defoe's Emblematic Method and Quest for Form in Robinson Crusoe| publisher = Johns Hopkins Press| date = 1966| pages = 227| url = https://archive.org/details/reluctantpilgrim0000hunt/page/n7/mode/2up}} | |||
| *{{cite journal | jstor=2738819 | title=The Heirs of Ian Watt | last1=Folkenflik | first1=Robert | journal=Eighteenth-Century Studies | date=1991 | volume=25 | issue=2 | pages=203–217}} | |||
| *McKeon, Michael. “.” ''Cultural Critique'', Issue 1, 1985, pp. 159–81. JSTOR. | |||
| *MacKay, Marina. “.” ''Representations'', vol. 119, no. 1, 2012, pp. 119–43. JSTOR. | |||
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The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding is a nonfiction book that relates the confluence of events in literary history that defined the emergence of the novel in the eighteenth century. It was written by Ian Watt. It was originally published in 1957 by the University of California Press.
Synopsis
In this book, Watt says that literary works cannot exist as isolated entities. He also says that literary ideas and the novels that express them are interconnected. At the same time, he notes that social and moral norms influence the artists and their work. In addition, Watt demonstrates how the evolution of the novel form is closely linked to the intellectual and social shifts that occurred during the 18th century. To produce this narrative, he has merged historical criticism and formal criticism. A key theme Watt focuses on is formal realism. This means that a defining feature of novels is their focus on realistic details. These details authentically imitate everyday life and people demonstrating faults, strengths, and weaknesses. This is in contrast to older stories which often used idealized characters and situations.
Watt says that the unique characteristics of the novel are closely connected to the social and cultural changes that occurred during its rise. The works of Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, and Henry Fielding were heavily influenced by the growing reading public, the rise of individualism, and the influence of Protestant beliefs ensconced in Calvinism and Puritanism. These factors led to the novel's focus on individual characters and their detailed descriptions of settings and situations.
Background
(This paragraph has been copied from Ian Watt article on Misplaced Pages}: The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding (1957) is an important work in the history of academic literary criticism. The Rise of the Novel is considered by many contemporary literary scholars as the seminal work on the origins of the novel, and an important study of literary realism. The book traces the rise of the modern novel to philosophical, economic and social trends and conditions that become prominent in the early 18th century.
References
- Hirsch, David H. (1969). "The Reality of Ian Watt". Critical Quarterly. 11 (2): 164–179. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8705.1969.tb02016.x.
- ^ Schwarz, Daniel R. (1983). "The Importance of Ian Watt's "The Rise of the Novel"". The Journal of Narrative Technique. 13 (2): 59–73. JSTOR 30225060.
- ^ Reeves, Margaret (Fall 2000). "Telling the Tale of the Rise of the Novel". CLIO. 30 (1). Fort Wayne, Indiana: Purdue University: 25–49. Retrieved December 30, 2024. Gale Academic
- McKillop, Alan D. (1958). "Reviewed work: The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding, Ian Watt". Modern Philology. 55 (3): 208–210. doi:10.1086/389221. JSTOR 434969.
- Lowenthal, Leo (1959). "Reviewed work: The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding., Ian Watt". American Journal of Sociology. 64 (4): 440. doi:10.1086/222536. JSTOR 2773989.
- Woods, Charles B. (1957). "Reviewed work: The Early Masters of English Fiction, Alan Dugald McKillop; the Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding, Ian Watt". Modern Language Notes. 72 (8): 622–625. doi:10.2307/3043694. JSTOR 3043694.
- Davis, Curtis Carroll (1960). "Reviewed work: The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding, Ian Watt". The William and Mary Quarterly. 17 (3): 425–426. doi:10.2307/1943466. JSTOR 1943466.
- McKillop, Alan D. (1958). "Review of The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding". Modern Philology. 55 (3): 208–210. doi:10.1086/389221. ISSN 0026-8232. JSTOR 434969.
- Collini, Stefan (9 May 2019). "Unreasoning Vigour: review of Ian Watt: The Novel and the Wartime Critic by Marina MacKay". London Review of Books. 41 (9). ISSN 0260-9592.(subscription required)
- "Literary critic Ian Watt dies after a long illness". Stanford News Service. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
External links
Further reading
- Watt, Ian (1968). "Serious Reflections on "The Rise of the Novel"". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. 1 (3): 205–218. doi:10.2307/1345161. JSTOR 1345161.
- Aravamudan, Srinivas (1999). "In the Wake of the Novel: The Oriental Tale as National Allegory". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. 33 (1): 5–31. doi:10.2307/1346025. JSTOR 1346025.
- Folkenflik, Robert (1991). "The Heirs of Ian Watt". Eighteenth-Century Studies. 25 (2): 203–217. JSTOR 2738819.
- McKeon, Michael. “Generic Transformation and Social Change: Rethinking the Rise of the Novel.” Cultural Critique, Issue 1, 1985, pp. 159–81. JSTOR.
- MacKay, Marina. “The Wartime Rise of The Rise of the Novel.” Representations, vol. 119, no. 1, 2012, pp. 119–43. JSTOR.