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Richard Burton. Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personalities
Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personalities
Table of Contents
I. FICTION AND THE NOVEL II. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BEGINNINGS: RICHARDSON III. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BEGINNINGS: FIELDING IV. DEVELOPMENTS: SMOLLETT, STERNE AND OTHERS V. REALISM: JANE AUSTEN VI. MODERN ROMANTICISM: SCOTT VII. FRENCH INFLUENCE VIII. DICKENS IX. THACKERAY X. GEORGE ELIOT XI. TROLLOPE AND OTHERS XII. HARDY AND MEREDITH XIII. STEVENSON XIV. THE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION. CHAPTER I
FICTION AND THE NOVEL
CHAPTER II
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BEGINNINGS: RICHARDSON
CHAPTER III
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BEGINNINGS: FIELDING
CHAPTER IV
DEVELOPMENTS; SMOLLETT, STERNE AND OTHERS
I
II
III
IV
CHAPTER V
REALISM: JANE AUSTEN
CHAPTER VI
MODERN ROMANTICISM: SCOTT
CHAPTER VII
FRENCH INFLUENCE
I
II
III
CHAPTER VIII
DICKENS
CHAPTER IX
THACKERAY
CHAPTER X
GEORGE ELIOT
CHAPTER XI
TROLLOPE AND OTHERS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
CHAPTER XII
HARDY AND MEREDITH
I
II
CHAPTER XIII
STEVENSON
CHAPTER XIV
THE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION. I
II
III
IV
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Richard Burton
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Yes? said Lady Hawke, I have never printed yet."
And a little later, the same spirit is exhibited by Jane Austen when Madame de Sevigne sought her: Miss Austen suppressed the story-maker, wishing to be taken first of all for what she was: a country gentlewoman of unexceptionable connections. Even Walter Scott and Byron plainly exhibit this dislike to be reckoned as paid writers, men whose support came by the pen. In short, literary professionalism reflected on gentility. We have changed all that with a vengeance and can hardly understand the earlier sentiment; but this change of attitude has carried with it inevitably the artistic advancement of modern fiction. For if anything is certain it is that only professional skill can be relied upon to perfect an art form. The amateur may possess gift, even genius; but we must look to the professional for technique.
