Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Critical Commentary The Origin Of The Novel. Daniel Defoe has attracted a surprising and perhaps disproportionate amount of interest from the critics. The reason for this interest lies in the fact that Defoe was writing at the time when the English novel was just coming into being as a distinct literary form, or genre. Most writers on Defoe deny him the honor of being the first English novelist. They maintain that a novel, as well as being an extended prose narrative, must be a coherent story in which all the parts contribute to the total effect. It must also have a co...
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