Project Gutenberg 2004-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 272 Saintsbury, George 1845 1933 Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman The English Novel Reading ease score: 48.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Riikka Talonpoika and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The English Novel" by George Saintsbury is a scholarly work that delves into the history and development of the English novel, composed during the early 20th century. This exploration examines the roots and evolution of prose fiction in English literature from its early forms, foundational romances, and significant figures up until the end of the 19th century, outlining the literary progress through various periods and styles. The opening of the book establishes the context of English prose fiction's development, highlighting the relative lateness of its emergence in Western literature compared to poetry. Saintsbury introduces the concept that the literary tradition of prose fiction has deep roots in romance, citing various classical and earlier English texts while critically analyzing their narratives and structures. He goes on to delineate how these foundational romances not only served as a precursor to modern novels but also laid the groundwork for character and plot development, reflecting a gradual shift from poetry to prose, and setting the stage for a comprehensive exploration of the English novel's progression through various significant authors and their contributions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English fiction -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 690019 689805 2024-10-06T13:06:25.034828 2023-09-07T03:47:25.072838 text/html text/html 688436 2020-12-19T00:44:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 254878 2020-12-19T00:44:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 331800 2024-10-06T13:06:36.500744 application/epub+zip 342125 2024-10-06T13:06:28.633785 application/epub+zip 335886 2024-10-06T13:06:27.015909 application/epub+zip 602724 2024-10-06T13:06:42.618740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549242 2024-10-06T13:06:35.394802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523572 2022-09-07T16:37:27.134462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 615339 615253 2024-10-06T13:06:23.578920 2023-09-07T03:47:23.836842 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 615124 2020-12-19T00:44:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 240001 2020-12-19T00:44:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 615140 2020-12-19T00:44:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 239840 2020-12-19T00:44:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21200 2024-10-06T13:06:42.781719 application/rdf+xml 13879 2024-10-06T13:06:27.621803 image/jpeg 3597 2024-10-06T13:06:27.312820 image/jpeg 326038 2024-10-06T13:06:25.093820 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia