The Inn and the Traveller
Digressive Topographies in the Early Modern European Novel
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Will McMorran | ISBN: | 9781351197854 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 2, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Will McMorran |
| ISBN: | 9781351197854 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 2, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
"In the landscape of the early modern European comic novel the inn often features as a monument to digression - the perfect setting for chance encounters with strangers who always have a story to tell. This wide-ranging comparative study explores the special part played by the inn, tracing the progress of a succession of wayward heroes and narrators in five canonical texts: Cervantes's ""Don Quijote"", Scarron's ""Roman comique"", Fielding's ""Joseph Andrews"" and ""Tom Jones"", Sterne's ""Tristram Shandy"" and Diderot's ""Jacques le fataliste"". As this celebration of digressive fiction unfolds, a very different picture emerges of the novel's rise and development."
"In the landscape of the early modern European comic novel the inn often features as a monument to digression - the perfect setting for chance encounters with strangers who always have a story to tell. This wide-ranging comparative study explores the special part played by the inn, tracing the progress of a succession of wayward heroes and narrators in five canonical texts: Cervantes's ""Don Quijote"", Scarron's ""Roman comique"", Fielding's ""Joseph Andrews"" and ""Tom Jones"", Sterne's ""Tristram Shandy"" and Diderot's ""Jacques le fataliste"". As this celebration of digressive fiction unfolds, a very different picture emerges of the novel's rise and development."
