The Rise of the Novel, Updated Edition (Edition 1) (Paperback)

from baswood

Published in 1957 Watt's book became the go-to book for many English literature students. Considered a little naive and outdated today perhaps, but it was still being used enthusiastically after it...

from stillatim

In some senses, I guess this book is out of date. Watt deals with the most influential early English novelists, while taking care to show that they probably weren't 'Novelists' as we think of them ...

from PhilSyphe

I bought this as a secondary reading source for an English module I undertook at university. Parts were interesting but on the whole I'm not a fan of this type of work and wouldn't have purchased a...

from baswood

Published in 1957 Watt's book became the go-to book for many English literature students. Considered a little naive and outdated today perhaps, but it was still being used enthusiastically after it...

from stillatim

In some senses, I guess this book is out of date. Watt deals with the most influential early English novelists, while taking care to show that they probably weren't 'Novelists' as we think of them ...