[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-319439-105":59,"doc-detail-319439-en":129},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":122,"head_meta":124,"extra_data":126,"updated_unix":128},105,"en","novel-beginnings-experiments-in-eighteenth-century-english-fiction","Novel Beginnings - Experiments in Eighteenth-Century English Fiction","","Novel Beginnings explores how eighteenth-century English fiction evolved through distinct modes of experimentation and narrative design. It surveys adventure, development, consciousness, sentiment, manners, gothic fiction, and political writing, showing how each form shaped readers’ experience and literary meaning. The book also addresses the role of Tristram Shandy in the novel’s development and concludes with an afterword on what followed. It includes references, index, and bibliographical materials.",{"@graph":69,"@context":121},[70,84,104],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":10,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/novel-beginnings-experiments-in-eighteenth-century-english-fiction/319439/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":98,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":99,"interactionStatistic":100},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/novel-beginnings-experiments-in-eighteenth-century-english-fiction/319439.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Rowan","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-09-20",true,{"@type":101,"interactionType":102,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":103},"ViewAction",{"@type":105,"mainEntity":106},"FAQPage",[107,113,117],{"name":108,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":110},"What time period and national literature does the book focus on?","Question",{"text":111,"@type":112},"The book focuses on eighteenth-century English fiction and its historical development, examining both narrative methods and literary forms.","Answer",{"name":114,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":115},"Which major types of eighteenth-century novels are surveyed?",{"text":116,"@type":112},"It surveys novels of adventure, development, consciousness, sentiment, manners, gothic fiction, and the political novel, each as a distinct mode of writing.",{"name":118,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":119},"How does Tristram Shandy relate to the book’s account of novel development?",{"text":120,"@type":112},"A dedicated chapter explains Tristram Shandy’s importance for understanding how the novel developed, linking it to broader experiments in form and storytelling.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":123,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":125,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":127,"site_id":62},319439,1789943999,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":130},{"doc_id":127,"user_id":131,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":132,"doc_module":4,"category_id":8,"category_name":10,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":133,"file_id":134,"file_url":135,"file_type":136,"file_size":137,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":138,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":128,"read_time":143},1099514067415,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/100002539d78ffe74a7?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1779092875211072502","n ov e l b e g i n n i n g s  \npat r i c ia m ey e r s pa c k s  \nNovel Beginnings  \nex p e r i m e nt s i n e i g ht e e nt h-c e nt u ry  \ne n g l i s h f i ct i o n  \nya l e u n iv e r s ity p r e s s n ew hav e n & l o n d o n  \nYale Guides to English Literature  \nYale Guides to English Literature survey topics in English literature from Beowulfto the contemporary scene. Each volume of the series is intended for students and general readers.  \nPublished with assistance from the Annie Burr Lewis Fund and the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund.  \nCopyright © 2006 by Patricia M. Spacks.  \nAll rights reserved.  \nThis book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and  \nexcept by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Printed in the United States of America.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spacks, Patricia Ann Meyer.  \nNovel beginnings : experiments in eighteenth-century English fiction / Patricia Meyer Spacks.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Yale guides to English literature)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN-13: 978-0-300-11031-9 (alk. paper)  \nISBN-10: 0-300-11031-6 (alk. paper)  \n1. English fiction—18th century—History and criticism. 2. Experimental fiction, English—History and criticism. 3. Literary form—History—18th century. I. Title. II. Series.  \nPR858.E982S66 2006 823′.509—dc22 2005024209  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nThe paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nFor Aubrey Williams  \nBlest with a Taste exact, yet unconfin’d; A Knowledge both of Books and Humankind; Gen’rous Converse; a Soul exempt from Pride; And Love to Praise, with Reason on his Side.  \nco nt e nts  \nAcknowledgments ix  \n1 The Excitement of Beginnings 1  \n2 Novels of Adventure 28  \n3 The Novel of Development 59  \n4 Novels of Consciousness 92  \n5 The Novel of Sentiment 127  \n6 The Novel of Manners 160  \n7 Gothic Fiction 191  \n8 The Political Novel 222  \n9 Tristram Shandy and the Development of the Novel 254 Afterword: What Came Next 277  \nv i i i c o nt e nt s  \nSuggestions for Further Reading 287  \nWorks Cited 293  \nIndex 299  \nac k now l e d g m e nts  \nmo r e t ha n a nyt h i ng e ls e I have written, this book is indebted tomy students—particularly to the several generations of graduate students with whom I have discussed eighteenth-century fiction and by whom I have been stimulated and enlightened. I am also profoundly grateful to Myra Jehlen, who read and reread key chapters, always helping me to achieve greater clarity and precision and often provoking me to fresh thought. Like my other writing during the past fifteen years, this book has profited from my weekly lunches and literary discussions with Jerome McGann. Bruce Redford provided valuable suggestions at an early stage of my thinking; and Aubrey Williams, to whom the book is dedicated, helped me, as so often before, by innumerable enlivening conversations.","cbCair9WUI7Y74xG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair9WUI7Y74xG","pdf",1459333,321,"English","# The Excitement of Beginnings\n# Novels of Adventure\n# The Novel of Development\n# Novels of Consciousness\n# The Novel of Sentiment\n# The Novel of Manners\n# Gothic Fiction\n# The Political Novel\n# Tristram Shandy and the Development of the Novel\n# Afterword: What Came Next\n## Suggestions for Further Reading\n## Works Cited\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What time period and national literature does the book focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The book focuses on eighteenth-century English fiction and its historical development, examining both narrative methods and literary forms.\"},{\"question\":\"Which major types of eighteenth-century novels are surveyed?\",\"answer\":\"It surveys novels of adventure, development, consciousness, sentiment, manners, gothic fiction, and the political novel, each as a distinct mode of writing.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Tristram Shandy relate to the book’s account of novel development?\",\"answer\":\"A dedicated chapter explains Tristram Shandy’s importance for understanding how the novel developed, linking it to broader experiments in form and storytelling.\"}]","Novel Beginnings - Experiments in Eighteenth-Century English Fiction | PDF",494]