Excerpt from The Evolution of the English Novel IN every discussion of tendencies the term evolution claims a place with almost the insist ence of a prescriptive right. No other term localizes the phenomena so definitely, and con veys so promptly the notion of progress in a general line of tendency. Nevertheless, I think most of us would, if we could, rather avoid the term than insist upon it in literary discussion. For the use of the word evolution seems to involve a very elaborate theory. In the title of this chapter - ...
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Excerpt from The Evolution of the English Novel IN every discussion of tendencies the term evolution claims a place with almost the insist ence of a prescriptive right. No other term localizes the phenomena so definitely, and con veys so promptly the notion of progress in a general line of tendency. Nevertheless, I think most of us would, if we could, rather avoid the term than insist upon it in literary discussion. For the use of the word evolution seems to involve a very elaborate theory. In the title of this chapter - The Evolution of the Novel - the idea suggested indicates that we can name the earlier forms out of which the true novel has been evolved; can arrange. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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