The Cambridge Companion to the Novel (Hardcover)

Introduction Eric Bulson; Part I. What is a Novel?: 1. The novel as genre Vilashini Cooppan; 2. Rises of the novel, ancient and modern Alexander Beecroft; 3. Epic/novel Kent Puckett; 4. The novel as encyclopedia David James; 5. Realism and the novel Michael Sayeau; 6. Modernism and the novel Catherine Flynn; Part II. How does the Novel work?: 7. Novels and characters Marta Figlerowicz; 8. Novels and readers Suzanne Keen; 9. The space of the novel Robert T. Tally, Jr; 10. The novel and the law Robert Spoo; 11. The novel as data The Stanford Literary Lab (Mark Algee-Hewitt, Erik Fredner, Hannah Walser); Part III. Where is the Novel Going?: 12. The novel as commodity Priya Joshi; 13. The graphic novel Jan Baetens and Hugo Frey; 14. The novel in the digital age Jessica Pressman; 15. The novel as planetary form Joseph Keith.