Nandrea, Lorri G.,

Misfit forms : paths not taken by the British novel / Lorri G. Nandrea. - First edition. - New York : Fordham University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (284 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: the novel, education, and experience -- Typing feeling: sympathy, sensibility, and sentimentality -- The science of the sensible: from Sterne to Charlotte Brontė -- Sense in the middle: teleological vs. cumulative plotting -- Verisimilitudes: curiosity, wonder, and negative capability -- Conclusion: Woolf's Fin.



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English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Sensitivity (Personality trait) in literature.
Sympathy in literature.


Electronic Books.

PR851 / .M574 2015