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  1. The conversational circle
    re-reading the English novel, 1740-1775
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly... more

    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly linear structure. Recent reexaminations of the canon, however, have revealed a number of early novels that do not fit this mold. In The Conversational Circle: Rereading the English Novel, 1740-1775, Betty Schellenberg identifies another kind of plot, one that focuses on the social group - the "conversational circle"--As a model that can affirm traditional values but just as often promotes an alternative sense of community. Schellenberg offers a model for exploring a range of novels that experiment with narrative patterns

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780813159072; 0813159075
    Subjects: English fiction; Conversation in literature; Literature and society; Domestic fiction, English; Oral communication in literature; Social interaction in literature; Friendship in literature; Speech in literature; Families in literature; Roman anglais; Conversation dans la littérature; Littérature et société; Roman familial anglais; Communication orale dans la littérature; Interaction sociale dans la littérature; Amitié dans la littérature; Parole dans la littérature; Famille dans la littérature; Amitié dans la littérature; Communication orale dans la littérature; Conversation dans la littérature; Conversation in literature; Domestic fiction, English; English fiction; Families in literature; Famille dans la littérature; Friendship in literature; Interaction sociale dans la littérature; Literature and society; Littérature et société; Oral communication in literature; Parole dans la littérature; Roman anglais; Roman familial anglais; Social interaction in literature; Speech in literature
    Scope: Online Ressource (165 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-160) and index. - Description based on print version record

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    Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002

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  2. The conversational circle
    re-reading the English novel, 1740-1775
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly... more

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly linear structure. Recent reexaminations of the canon, however, have revealed a number of early novels that do not fit this mold. In The Conversational Circle: Rereading the English Novel, 1740-1775, Betty Schellenberg identifies another kind of plot, one that focuses on the social group - the "conversational circle"--As a model that can affirm traditional values but just as often promotes an alternative sense of community. Schellenberg offers a model for exploring a range of novels that experiment with narrative patterns.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780813159072; 0813159075
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (165 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-160) and index

  3. The conversational circle
    re-reading the English novel, 1740-1775
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
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    ISBN: 0813119901; 0813159075; 9780813119908; 9780813159072
    Subjects: Roman anglais / 18e siècle / Histoire et critique; Conversation dans la littérature; Littérature et société / Angleterre / Histoire / 18e siècle; Roman familial anglais / Histoire et critique; Communication orale dans la littérature; Interaction sociale dans la littérature; Amitié dans la littérature; Parole dans la littérature; Famille dans la littérature; Conversation in literature; Domestic fiction, English; English fiction; Families in literature; Friendship in literature; Literature and society; Oral communication in literature; Social interaction in literature; Speech in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Geschichte; English fiction; Conversation in literature; Literature and society; Domestic fiction, English; Oral communication in literature; Social interaction in literature; Friendship in literature; Speech in literature; Families in literature; Soziale Integration; Gruppe; Sozialer Konsens; Englisch; Soziale Integration <Motiv>; Roman
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (165 pages)
    Notes:

    Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-160) and index

    Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly linear structure. Recent reexaminations of the canon, however, have revealed a number of early novels that do not fit this mold. In The Conversational Circle: Rereading the English Novel, 1740-1775, Betty Schellenberg identifies another kind of plot, one that focuses on the social group - the "conversational circle"--As a model that can affirm traditional values but just as often promotes an alternative sense of community. Schellenberg offers a model for exploring a range of novels that experiment with narrative patterns

    Introduction: Narrating Sociability in Mid-Eighteenth-Century England -- - 1 - Consensus, the Conversational Circle, and Mid-Eighteenth-Century Fiction -- - 2 - Constructing the Circle in Sarah Fielding's David Simple -- - 3 - Social Authority and the Domestic Circle in Samuel Richardson's Pamela Part II -- - 4 - Socializing Desire and Radiating the Exemplary in Samuel Richardson's Sir Charles Grandison -- - 5 - Silencing the Center in Henry Fielding's Amelia -- - 6 - Authorizing the Marginalized Circle in Sarah Scott's Millenium Hall -- - 7 - Mobilizing the Community, Immobilizing the Ideal in Tobias Smollett's Humphry Clinker -- - 8 - Disembodying the Social Circle in Sarah Fielding's Volume the Last -- - Conclusion: A Failed Plot? The Fate of the Conversational Circle in English Fiction

  4. The conversational circle
    re-reading the English novel, 1740-1775
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly... more

    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt / Zentrale
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    Twentieth-century historians of the early novel, most prominently Ian Watt, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Terry Castle, have canonized fictions that portray the individual in sustained tension with the social environment. Such fictions privilege a strongly linear structure. Recent reexaminations of the canon, however, have revealed a number of early novels that do not fit this mold. In The Conversational Circle: Rereading the English Novel, 1740-1775, Betty Schellenberg identifies another kind of plot, one that focuses on the social group - the "conversational circle"--As a model that can affirm traditional values but just as often promotes an alternative sense of community. Schellenberg offers a model for exploring a range of novels that experiment with narrative patterns

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0813159075; 0813119901; 9780813159072; 9780813119908
    Subjects: Conversation in literature; Literature and society; Domestic fiction, English; Oral communication in literature; Social interaction in literature; Friendship in literature; Speech in literature; Families in literature; English fiction
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (165 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-160) and index

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    Introduction: Narrating Sociability in Mid-Eighteenth-Century England -- 1. Consensus, the Conversational Circle, and Mid-Eighteenth-Century Fiction -- 2. Constructing the Circle in Sarah Fielding's David Simple -- 3. Social Authority and the Domestic Circle in Samuel Richardson's Pamela Part II -- 4. Socializing Desire and Radiating the Exemplary in Samuel Richardson's Sir Charles Grandison -- 5. Silencing the Center in Henry Fielding's Amelia -- 6. Authorizing the Marginalized Circle in Sarah Scott's Millenium Hall -- 7. Mobilizing the Community, Immobilizing the Ideal in Tobias Smollett's Humphry Clinker -- 8. Disembodying the Social Circle in Sarah Fielding's Volume the Last -- Conclusion: A Failed Plot? The Fate of the Conversational Circle in English Fiction.