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 \nPENN  \nUniversity of Pennsylvania PressPhiladelphia  \n—  \nOriginally published I983 by Columbia University PressCopyright ◎I983 Columbia University Press  \nPreface to I996 edition copyright ◎I996 Lennard J.DavisAll rights reservedPrinted in the United States of America on acid-free paper  \nIO 98765432 I  \nPublished by  \nUniversity of Pennsylvania PressPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania I9I04-6097  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nDavis,Lennard J.,I949-Factual fictions :the origins of the English novel/Lennard J.Davis.  \np.    cm.  \nOriginally published:New York:Columbia University Press,I983Includes bibliographical references(p.)and index.  \nISBNo-8122-I610-5(pbk.:alk.paper)  \nI.English fiction—I8th century-History and criticism.2.English fiction一  \nEarly modern,I500-I700-History and criticism.3.Literature and history-  \nEngland-History.4.Books and reading-England-History.  \n5.Journalism—England-History.6.Fiction-Technique.I.Title.  \nPR85I.D₃1997823'·509-dcz0  \n96-38572CIP  \nTo Bella and Carlo  \nCoNTENTS  \nAcknowledgmentsPreface to the Paperback Edition  \n1Xxi  \nIntroduction:Toward a Methodology ofBeginnings  \nI  \nI.Frame,Context,Prestructure  \nII  \nThe Romance:Liminality and Influence  \nII.  \n25  \nIII.News/Novels:The Undifferentiated Matrix  \n42  \nProse News:Continuity,Seriality,and Ideology  \nIV.  \n7I  \nThe Law and the Press:Splitting the Discourse  \n85  \nV.  \nVI.Theories of Fiction in Early English Novels  \nIO2  \nVII.Criminality and the Double DiscourseI23  \nVIII.The Language of Print:Embodiment,Legitimation,Signification  \nI38  \nIX.Daniel Defoe:Lies as Truth  \nI54  \nX.Samuel Richardson:Disavowal and Spontaneity  \nI74  \nXI.Henry Fielding:Politics and Fact  \nI93  \nXII.Conclusion:Ideology and the NovelNotesIndex  \n2I2  \n225  \n243","cbCaiowjIz9tnXqR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiowjIz9tnXqR","pdf",13666794,263,"English","# Introduction: Toward a Methodology of Beginnings\n# I. Frame, Context, Prestructure\n# II. The Romance: Liminality and Influence\n# III. News/Novels: The Undifferentiated Matrix\n# IV. Prose News: Continuity, Seriality, and Ideology\n# V. The Law and the Press: Splitting the Discourse\n# VI. Theories of Fiction in Early English Novels\n# VII. Criminality and the Double Discourse\n# VIII. The Language of Print: Embodiment, Legitimation, Signification\n# IX. Daniel Defoe: Lies as Truth\n# X. Samuel Richardson: Disavowal and Spontaneity\n# XI. Henry Fielding: Politics and Fact\n# XII. 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