Literary Channel The Inter-National Invention of the Novel

"This book powerfully argues that one can understand the long-term national traditions of the novel only by also understanding the long-term transnationality of the form. As a comparatist work, it intervenes to resituate the novel in the literary history of France and of England, and by doing this it also revises the overall history of the modern western novel. Building from some of the most challenging and valuable recent contributions to thinking about the novel as a modern form, it is at the cutting edge."--Jonathan Arac, Columbia University "This collection makes important new arguments about the rise and development of the novel in England and France; it adds significantly to our understanding of the relation between national literatures and nation-building in the modern era. Together the essays amply demonstrate the importance of cross-national analysis for literary studies. The book is sure to have a major impact on scholarly discussions of the novel in Europe and America."--Susan Maslan, University of California, BerkeleyCohen, Margaret is the author of 'Literary Channel The Inter-National Invention of the Novel' with ISBN 9780691050010 and ISBN 0691050015.