How novels think
Individualism in literatureEnglish Didactic fictionLiterature and societyEnglish fictionHistory and criticismEthics in literatureHistoryEnglish fiction, history and criticism, 19th century
Nancy Armstrong explores how Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen and Samuel Richardson created unforgettable protagonists who could overcome the limits of their social positions and how later, Victorian authors like Mary Shelley repackaged individuality in monstrous forms that threaten British society with collapse.
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