NINETEENTH CENTURY NOVEL Nineteenth century produced a number of great literary figures. In order to have a look on the writers and their masterpieces, we shall divide 19th century into different phases. The phases are as under; Novel of Romantic Period The Pre-Victorian Period The Early-Victorian Period The Later-Victorian Period The Closing Period of 19th Century 1- NOVEL OF ROMANTIC PERIOD Romantic age is the age of Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats etc. But the central novelists of this age are Jane Austen and Scott. They widened the scope and technique of the novel. LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE These types of novel emerged in this age and those were realistic, romantic and novel of manners. In the hands of Defoe, Richardson and Fielding, novel had not yet formed a pure shape. However, it was Jane Austen who wrote pure novel. The novels of both Scott and Austen showed love for traditions. They came to combine two opposite ideas of romance and realism.
September 17, 2024
Nineteenth Century Novel
NINETEENTH CENTURY NOVEL Nineteenth century produced a number of great literary figures. In order to have a look on the writers and their masterpieces, we shall divide 19th century into different phases. The phases are as under; Novel of Romantic Period The Pre-Victorian Period The Early-Victorian Period The Later-Victorian Period The Closing Period of 19th Century 1- NOVEL OF ROMANTIC PERIOD Romantic age is the age of Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats etc. But the central novelists of this age are Jane Austen and Scott. They widened the scope and technique of the novel. LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE These types of novel emerged in this age and those were realistic, romantic and novel of manners. In the hands of Defoe, Richardson and Fielding, novel had not yet formed a pure shape. However, it was Jane Austen who wrote pure novel. The novels of both Scott and Austen showed love for traditions. They came to combine two opposite ideas of romance and realism.
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