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Before Novels: Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction
Before Novels Cultural Contexts of EighteenthCentury English Fiction Author:J. Paul Hunter An examination of the printed material that was available to the reading public in early 18th-century England. The author explores the origins of the novel and argues that early novelists were motivated by the needs and desires of society at a time of migration, urbanization and social change.