Tag Archives: Novels
Accounting for the Novel, Part 2 of 2
According to Paul Hunter and Robert ter Horst, modern scholarship now focuses on various cultural as well as specifically literary and aesthetic elements in accounting for the origins and development of the novel. Among such cultural elements are the connections … Continue reading
Accounting for the Novel, Part 1 of 2
According to Paul Hunter and Robert ter Horst, an understanding of the origins of modern fiction involves various cultural as well as specifically literary issues. Where do novels come from, who writes them, and who reads them? At the time of this interview, Hunter, … Continue reading
Current American Fiction and Nonfiction
Gail Godwin discusses her fiction, its resources, and its relationship to English and American literary traditions. She is the author of several novels, including A Mother and Two Daughters and The Finishing School, and collections of short stories. In the second segment (14:30), Robert Coles discusses his books The … Continue reading