British Short Fiction in the Early Nineteenth Century: The Rise of the Tale

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - Literary Criticism - 193 pages
Beginning with an overview of the development of short fiction through the late 18th-century and analysis of the publishing conditions for the genre, Tim Killick shows how Washington Irving's collections set the stage for British writers. The book then considers the stories of writers as diverse as Mary Russell Mitford and James Hogg.

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Contents

Overview Short Fiction in the Early Nineteenth Century
5
Washington Irving Geoffrey Crayon and the Market for Short Fiction
39
Improving Stories Women Writers Morality and Short Fiction
73
Regionalism and Folklore Local Stories and Traditional Forms
117
Short Fiction in the 1830s
157
Bibliography
165
Index
189
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