Revolution and the Form of the British Novel, 1790-1825 - Intercepted Letters, Interrupted Seductions - Hardback - 1994

This study argues that the epistolary novel, the principal form of narrative in the 18th century, was eventually suppressed in favour of more authoritarian, third-person models designed to underwrite a new version of British national identity in the Napoleonic period.
Year of publication: 1994
Pagination: 230 pages, frontispiece
Format: Hardback