THE NOVEL: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY, 1600-1800
Book ID/图书代码： 02000014B66950
English Summary/英文概要： Having excavated the world’s earliest novels in his previous book, literary historian Steven Moore explores in this sequel the remarkable flowering of the novel between the years 1600 and 1800-from Don Quixote to America’s first big novel, an homage to Cervantes entitled Modern Chivalry. This is the period of such classic novels as Tom Jones, Candide, and Dangerous Liaisons, but beyond the dozen or so recognized classics there are hundreds of other interesting novels that appeared then, known only to specialists: Spanish picaresques, French heroic romances, massive Chinese novels, Japanese graphic novels, eccentric English novels, and the earliest American novels. These minor novels are not only interesting in their own right, but also provide the context needed to appreciate why the major novels were major breakthroughs. The novel experienced an explosive growth spurt during these centuries as novelists experimented with different forms and genres: epistolary novels, romances, Gothic thrillers, novels in verse, parodies, science fiction, episodic road trips, and family sagas, along with quirky, unclassifiable experiments in fiction that resemble contemporary, avant-garde works. As in his previous volume, Moore privileges the innovators and outriders, those who kept the novel novel.
In the most comprehensive history of this period ever written, Moore examines over 400 novels from around the world in a lively style that is as entertaining as it is informative. Though written for a general audience, The Novel, An Alternative History also provides the scholarly apparatus required by the serious student of the period. This sequel, like its predecessor, is a ’zestfully encyclopedic, avidly opinionated, and dazzlingly fresh history of the most ’elastic’ of literary forms’ (Booklist).
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 他以前的书中有已出土的世界上最早的历史小说，文学历史学家蒂芬•摩尔继续探索了1600至1800年间的小说，从堂吉诃德到美国的第一大小说，致敬塞万提斯的《现代骑士团》。这是古典小说的时代，如《汤姆•琼斯》、《老实人》以及《危险关系》，但是除了十几部公认的经典小说外，随后出现了数百本其他有趣的小说，这些书只有专家才了解：《西班牙流浪汉》、《法国英雄传奇故事》、庞大的中国小说，日本图画小说，古怪的英国小说，以及最早的美国小说。这些微小说不仅故事有趣，并且还提供了为什么主要小说是重大突破的来龙去脉。当小说家尝试用不同的形式和风格来写作，小说在这些世纪经历了爆炸性井喷式增长：书信体小说，爱情小说，恐怖故事，诗歌，模仿，科幻小说，章节小说，家庭传奇故事，以及类似于当代前卫作品的一些古怪，无法分类的小说。如同他以前的书卷，摩尔特别描述了那些让小说长盛不衰的创新者和先行者。
在这段有史以来有最全面文字记载的历史中，摩尔探索了超过400本来自世界各地，风格迥异的小说，有些是娱乐化的，有些则是信息化的。《小说：另一种历史》虽然是为普通观众所写，但是也为学习此时期的学生提供了学术信息。这本续集如同他的前身，是一部“风趣的百科全书，坚持己见，最灵活的文学时期的新鲜历史”。——Booklist(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“摩尔的调查是全面和出色的，展示了他对自己工作的激情。摩尔用机智和博学讲述其故事，并恢复读者对优秀小说的信心。摩尔的书不仅是小说的家族史，更是读者的宝库。”——华盛顿邮报
“史蒂芬•摩尔最近的百科全书式的研究《小说：另一种历史》……极大地增强了我们对小说的理解，如小说可以做什么不可以做什么，强调了40世纪以前的生活潮流，以及当代小说的流派。”—— 纽约时报书评
Moore’s survey is splendidly comprehensive and shows a true passion for his subject[...] Moore tells his story with erudition and wit, and in doing so restores to the reader of good fiction confidence in the craft. Ultimately, Moore’s book is less a genealogical history of the novel than a reader’s treasure trove. --The Washington Post
Steven Moore’s recent encyclopedic study, The Novel: An Alternative History...dramatically amplifies our understanding of what the novel can and cannot do, and highlights living currents that sprang into existence 40 centuries ago and continue to flow into the contemporary novel. --The New York Times Book Review
About the Author/作者介绍： 史蒂芬•摩尔（罗格斯大学博士学位，1988）是多部书，及和现代文学有关的散文的作者。从1988年到1996年，他是当代小说评论和达尔基档案出版社的主编，几十年来他为各种杂志和报纸，主要是华盛顿邮报写书评。他住在密歇根州的安阿伯。Steven Moore (Ph.D. Rutgers, 1988) is the author of several books and essays on modern literature. From 1988 to 1996 he was managing editor of the Review of Contemporary Fiction/Dalkey Archive Press, and for decades he has reviewed books for a variety of journals and newspapers, principally The Washington Post. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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