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The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding is a nonfiction book pertaining to literary critique and literary history, written by Ian Watt. It was originally published in 1957 by the University of California Press. The Rise of the Novel, shows how changes in society, people's ideas, and the way books were written and read all helped the novel become the most popular type of story during an age when people valued independence and individuality.

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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)
8. "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.
• Hunter, J. Paul (1966). The Reluctant Pilgrim: Defoe's Emblematic Method and Quest for Form in Robinson Crusoe. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 227.