The Novel Stage : : Narrative Form from the Restoration to Jane Austen / / Marcie Frank.

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• VerfasserIn: Frank, Marcie,
• Place / Publishing House: Lewisburg, PA : : Bucknell University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture 1650-1850
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (229 p.) :; 3 B-W photograph & 2 Color photograph

2020 Choice​ Outstanding Academic Title Marcie Frank’s study traces the migration of tragicomedy, the comedy of manners, and melodrama from the stage to the novel, offering a dramatic new approach to the history of the English novel that examines how the collaboration of genres contributed to the novel’s narrative form and to the modern organization of literature. Drawing on media theory and focusing on the less-examined narrative contributions of such authors as Aphra Behn, Frances Burney, and Elizabeth Inchbald, alongside those of Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and Jane Austen, The Novel Stage tells the story of the novel as it was shaped by the stage. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Genre, Media, and the Theory of the Novel -- 2. The Reform of the Rake from Rochester to Inchbald -- 3. Performing Reading in Richardson and Fielding -- 4. The Promise of Embarrassment: Frances Burney’s Theater of Shame -- 5. Melodrama in Inchbald and Austen -- Coda: The Melodramatic Address -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR