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Desire and Truth: Functions of Plot in Eighteenth-Century English Novels

Patricia Meyer Spacks

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Desire and Truth offers a major reassessment of the history of eighteenth-century fiction by showing how plot challenges or reinforces conventional categories of passion and rationality. Arguing that fiction creates and conveys its essential truths through plot, Patricia Meyer Spacks demonstrates that eighteenth-century fiction is both profoundly realistic and consistently daring.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: April 20, 1990

ISBN: 0226768457

ISBN 13: 9780226768458

Desire and Truth: Functions of Plot in Eighteenth-Century English Novels

Patricia Meyer Spacks

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Desire and Truth offers a major reassessment of the history of eighteenth-century fiction by showing how plot challenges or reinforces conventional categories of passion and rationality. Arguing that fiction creates and conveys its essential truths through plot, Patricia Meyer Spacks demonstrates that eighteenth-century fiction is both profoundly realistic and consistently daring.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: April 20, 1990

ISBN: 0226768457

ISBN 13: 9780226768458

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