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050	0	0	_aPR821 _b.S89 2012
100	1		_aSutherland, John, _d1938-
245	1	0	_aLives of the novelists : _ba history of fiction in 294 lives / _cJohn Sutherland.
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c2012.
300			_axiii, 818 p. ; _c27 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
500			_a"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books Ltd."--T.p. verso.
520			_aNo previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction--from gothic, penny dreadful, and pornography to fantasy, romance, and high literature. Each author was chosen, Professor Sutherland explains, because his or her books are well worth reading and are likely to remain so for at least another century. Sutherland presents these authors in chronological order, in each case deftly combining a lively and informative biographical sketch with an opinionated assessment of the writer's work. Taken together, these novelists provide both a history of the novel and a guide to its rich variety. Always entertaining, and sometimes shocking, Sutherland considers writers as diverse as Daniel Defoe, Henry James, James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Michael Crichton, Jeffrey Archer, and Jacqueline Susann.
650		0	_aEnglish fiction _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aNovelists, English _vBiography.
650		0	_aAmerican fiction _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aFiction _xHistory and criticism.
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