A History of Story-Telling
by Arthur Ransome
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967
- Title
- A History of Story-telling: Studies in the development of narrative
- Credits
- Produced by MFR, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
- Subject
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 62129
- Release Date
- May 14, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber's note. — A HISTORY OF STORY-TELLING
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.ORIGINS — ORIGINS
- 6.'THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE' — 'THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE'
- 7.CHAUCER AND BOCCACCIO — CHAUCER AND BOCCACCIO — 'OF THE AVARICIOUS PURSUIT OF RICHES, WHICH LEADS TO HELL.'
- 8.THE ROGUE NOVEL — THE ROGUE NOVEL
- 9.THE ELIZABETHANS — THE ELIZABETHANS
- 10.THE PASTORAL — THE PASTORAL
- 11.CERVANTES — CERVANTES
- 12.THE ESSAYISTS' CONTRIBUTION TO STORY-TELLING — THE ESSAYISTS' CONTRIBUTION TO STORY-TELLING
- 13.TRANSITION: BUNYAN AND DEFOE — TRANSITION: BUNYAN AND DEFOE
- 14.RICHARDSON AND THE FEMININE NOVEL — RICHARDSON AND THE FEMININE NOVEL
- 15.FIELDING, SMOLLETT, AND THE MASCULINE NOVEL — FIELDING, SMOLLETT, AND THE MASCULINE NOVEL — A NOTE ON STERNE
- 16.CHATEAUBRIAND AND ROMANTICISM — CHATEAUBRIAND AND ROMANTICISM
- 17.SCOTT AND ROMANTICISM — SCOTT AND ROMANTICISM
- 18.THE ROMANTICISM OF 1830 — THE ROMANTICISM OF 1830
- 19.BALZAC — BALZAC
- 20.GAUTIER AND THE EAST — GAUTIER AND THE EAST
- 21.POE AND THE NEW TECHNIQUE — POE AND THE NEW TECHNIQUE
- 22.HAWTHORNE AND MORAL ROMANCE — HAWTHORNE AND MORAL ROMANCE
- 23.MÉRIMÉE AND CONVERSATIONAL STORY-TELLING — MÉRIMÉE AND CONVERSATIONAL STORY-TELLING
- 24.FLAUBERT — FLAUBERT — A NOTE ON DE MAUPASSANT
- 25.CONCLUSION — CONCLUSION
- 26.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:
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