The Excellence of Falsehood: Romance, Realism, and Women's Contribution to the Novel

by Deborah L. Ross

Overview

The texts discussed here illustrate a process of development both in the novel and in the conditions of women's lives. Tensions between romance and realism enabled women writers to question official versions of reality and to measure life against a romance ideal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813183169
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	05/11/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	507 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Deborah Ross is associate professor of English at Hawaii Pacific University.

Editorial Reviews

How to use macros to handle numerous computational tasks simultaneously, simplify frequently used spreadsheets, and produce charts and reports. Acidic paper; no bibliography. A discussion of romance characteristics in English women's novels, and how their works combined aspects of the romance and the novel in ways that brought them into conflict with the critical establishment. Focuses on the works of Aphra Behn, Delariviere Manley, Eliza Haywood, Charlotte Lennox, Fanny Burney, Ann Radcliffe, and Jane Austen. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

An admirable study.... The Excellence of Falsehood has much to offer. Its reading of individual novels is astute, and its focus on the question of generic convention often explains puzzling features of unfamiliar works.

Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature

A mature and thoughtful book, spilling over with insights.

Eighteenth-Century Fiction

"An admirable study.... The Excellence of Falsehood has much to offer. Its reading of individual novels is astute, and its focus on the question of generic convention often explains puzzling features of unfamiliar works." — Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature

"A mature and thoughtful book, spilling over with insights." — Eighteenth-Century Fiction

From the Publisher