Factual Fictions: The Origins of the English Novel

by Lennard J. Davis

"Nowadays, most readers take the intersection between fiction and fact for granted. We've developed a faculty for pretending that even the most bizarre literary inventions are, for the nonce, real. . . . The value of Davis's book is that it explores the h

Genres: Books About Books, Literary Criticism, Theory

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Michael Meeuwis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Less great than I'd hoped. Good on setting up the origins of novels in some unlikely sources, but Foucault often brought in to spackle over parts of arguments. Plus the Fielding chapter felt a bit tacked on.