FROM ROMANTICISM TO REALISM
Arnold Kettle (essay date 1951)
SOURCE: "Realism and Romance," in his An Introduction to the English Novel, 2d ed., Vol. 1, Hutchinson University Library, 1967, pp. 25-38.
[In the following chapter from his history of the English novel, Kettle locates the origins of the novel in the traditions of the literary romance.]
The moment we found ourselves, a few pages back, asking, by implication, the question, 'Why were the first novels written?' we had to begin thinking in terms of history, and it is essential that...
Source: Literary Criticism (1400-1800), ©2000 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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