Seventeenth-century English romance : allegory, ethics, and politics / Amelia A. Zurcher.

Seventeenth-century English romance : allegory, ethics, and politics /

Overturning the common characterization of seventeenth-century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of the novel, this book argues for the centrality of seventeenth-century romance in key political and moral philosophical debates of its time. Co...

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Main Author: Zurcher, Amelia A., 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Romance fiction, English > History and criticism.
English fiction > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Love > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics in literature.
Love in literature.
Self-interest.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Allegory, Constancy, and the Politic Agent
  • Incest, Rivalry, and Succession: Romance and the Problem of Sociability
  • The Trials of Love: Interest and Social Bonds in Mid-Century Romance
  • Interest, the Sovereign Hero, and the End of Romance.

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