The Literature Of Fiction
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Title
The Literature Of Fiction
Description
The passage itself seeks to interrogate the role of fiction in relation to the people of the time period. It describes in a sense how people tend to be attracted to fiction due to our imagination. In earlier times the popular tales would be stories of knights that went on adventures, people who went on grand quests for the sake of some ultimate reward.
The article continues to describe the relevance of fiction going into the 19th century. It describes the works of major authors and gives attributes characteristics of their writing to them. For example the following was said in relation to Waverley's work, "This is certainly a beautiful and affecting picture. But the sketches of religious characters in the Waverly novels are usually of a different kind. The covanenters have generally a vast preponderance of the ludicrous in their composition."
The article continues to describe the relevance of fiction going into the 19th century. It describes the works of major authors and gives attributes characteristics of their writing to them. For example the following was said in relation to Waverley's work, "This is certainly a beautiful and affecting picture. But the sketches of religious characters in the Waverly novels are usually of a different kind. The covanenters have generally a vast preponderance of the ludicrous in their composition."
Source
hathitrust.org
Publisher
The British Quarterly Review
Date
1845
Rights
hathitrust.org
Format
Folio, 17 pages
Type
Periodical
Files
Citation
“The Literature Of Fiction,” Manhattan College Omeka , accessed November 22, 2024, https://omeka-pilot.manhattan.edu/items/show/455.