In discussions of the "rise of the novel" in 18th-century England, which combination of factors most…
A growing literate middle class supported narratives about recognizable social life, everyday experience and practical morality. This readership helped give the developing…
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In discussions of the "rise of the novel" in 18th-century England, which combination of factors most convincingly explains the genre's initial social base and thematic orientation ?
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A growing literate middle class supported narratives about recognizable social life, everyday experience and practical morality. This readership helped give the developing novel its characteristic interest in individuals negotiating ordinary circumstances. Declining print culture or an exclusively aristocratic and chivalric audience would not explain that social base.
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