The Inn and the Traveller

Digressive Topographies in the Early Modern European Novel
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-900755-64-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 199 mm x 161 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McMorran, Will

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1: Before Palomeque: Hospitality and Storytelling; 2: Don Quijote The Inn and the Castle; 3: Le Roman comique Town, Country and the Provincial Inn; 4: Fielding I The Topography of Travel; 5: Fielding II The Topology of Travel; 6: Tristram Shandy Narrative as Travelogue; 7: Jacques le Fataliste et son maître Travelogue as Narrative; Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Will McMorran