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| - | *[http://www.pierre-marteau.com/library/e-1700-0002.html#c21 Paul Scarron, <i>The Comical Romance</i>, Chapter XXI. ”Which perhaps will not be found very Entertaining“ (London, 1700).] - The French should follow the Spanish and write novels. | + | ===Contemporary Perspectives on the Rise of the Novel=== |
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| - | *One text in five versions: ”novels“ – little histories of intrigues have replaced the old romance with its bombast adventures | + | *'''1651''' Paul Scarron, <i>The Comical Romance</i>, [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/library/e-1700-0002.html#c21 Chapter XXI. ”Which perhaps will not be found very Entertaining“ (London, 1700).] — Why the French should follow the Spanish and write novels. |
| - | ::*[http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1683-1712-novels.html (Du Plaisir), ”Sentimens sur l’histoire“ from: <i>Sentimens sur les lettres et sur l’histoire, avec des scruples sur le stile</i> (Paris: C. Blageart, 1683).] On the art of the modern novel, ist character observation and its structure. | + | *'''1683-1712''' One text in five versions: "novels" — "little histories" of intrigues have replaced the old "romance" with its bombast adventures: |
| - | ::*[http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1683-1712-novels.html Abbe Bellegarde, ”Lettre à une Dame de la Cour, qui lui avoit demandé quelques Reflexions sur l’Histoire“ from: <i>Lettres curieuses de littérature et de morale</i> (La Haye: Adrian Moetjens, 1702).] Rewriting Du Plaisir's treatise. | + | ::*'''1683''' [Du Plaisir,] [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1683-1712-novels.html "Sentimens sur l’histoire"] from: <i>Sentimens sur les lettres et sur l’histoire, avec des scruples sur le stile</i> (Paris: C. Blageart, 1683). — On the art of the modern novel, ist character observation and its structure. |
| - | ::*[http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1683-1712-novels.html (Abbe Bellegarde), The Preface to <i>The Secret History of Queen Zarah and the Zarazians</i> (Albigion, 1705) and its versions into French and German.] A translation of Bellegarde's text which turns the rise of the novel into a European and ultimately English phenomenon. | + | ::*'''1702''' Abbe Bellegarde, [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1683-1712-novels.html "Lettre à une Dame de la Cour, qui lui avoit demandé quelques Reflexions sur l’Histoire"] from: <i>Lettres curieuses de littérature et de morale</i> (La Haye: Adrian Moetjens, 1702). Exploiting Du Plaisir's treatise. |
| - | *[http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1712-atalantis.html Deutsche Acta Eruditorum, Review of the French translation of Delarivier Manley's <i>New Atalantis</i> 1709 (Leipzig: J. L. Gleditsch, 1713).] A learned journal rewiews a scandalous roman à clef. | + | ::*'''1705-1712''' [Abbe Bellegarde,] The [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1683-1712-novels.html Preface] to <i>The Secret History of Queen Zarah and the Zarazians</i> (Albigion, 1705) and its versions into French and German. A translation of Bellegarde's text which turns the rise of the novel into a European and ultimately English phenomenon. |
| - | *[http://www.pierre-marteau.com/library/e-1715-0008.html#preface Jane Barker, Preface to <i>Exilius of the Banish’d Roman. A New Romance</i> (London: E. Curll, 1715).] | + | *'''1713''' Deutsche Acta Eruditorum, [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1712-atalantis.html Review] of the French translation of Delarivier Manley's <i>New Atalantis</i> 1709 (Leipzig: J. L. Gleditsch, 1713). — A learned journal rewiews a scandalous roman à clef. |
| - | *[http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1718-liebes-romane.html (Johann Friedrich Riederer,) “Satyra von den Liebes-Romanen”, from: ''Die abentheuerliche Welt in einer Pickelheerings-Kappe,'' 2 ([Nürnberg,] 1718).] Readers of all classes devour romances & novels and dream of being amorous heroes. | + | *'''1715''' Jane Barker, [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/library/e-1715-0008.html#preface Preface] to <i>Exilius of the Banish’d Roman. A New Romance</i> (London: E. Curll, 1715). — A plea for a return to the traditional romance (as Chaucer and Fénelon wrote it) to end the age of the modern production. |
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| + | *'''1718''' [Johann Friedrich Riederer,] [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1718-liebes-romane.html "Satyra von den Liebes-Romanen"], published in: ''Die abentheuerliche Welt in einer Pickelheerings-Kappe,'' No. 2 ([Nürnberg,] 1718). Readers of all classes devour romances and novels and dream of being amorous heroes, a satire. | ||
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Contemporary Perspectives on the Rise of the Novel
- 1651 Paul Scarron, The Comical Romance, Chapter XXI. ”Which perhaps will not be found very Entertaining“ (London, 1700). — Why the French should follow the Spanish and write novels.
- 1683-1712 One text in five versions: "novels" — "little histories" of intrigues have replaced the old "romance" with its bombast adventures:
- 1683 [Du Plaisir,] "Sentimens sur l’histoire" from: Sentimens sur les lettres et sur l’histoire, avec des scruples sur le stile (Paris: C. Blageart, 1683). — On the art of the modern novel, ist character observation and its structure.
- 1702 Abbe Bellegarde, "Lettre à une Dame de la Cour, qui lui avoit demandé quelques Reflexions sur l’Histoire" from: Lettres curieuses de littérature et de morale (La Haye: Adrian Moetjens, 1702). Exploiting Du Plaisir's treatise.
- 1705-1712 [Abbe Bellegarde,] The Preface to The Secret History of Queen Zarah and the Zarazians (Albigion, 1705) and its versions into French and German. A translation of Bellegarde's text which turns the rise of the novel into a European and ultimately English phenomenon.
- 1713 Deutsche Acta Eruditorum, Review of the French translation of Delarivier Manley's New Atalantis 1709 (Leipzig: J. L. Gleditsch, 1713). — A learned journal rewiews a scandalous roman à clef.
- 1715 Jane Barker, Preface to Exilius of the Banish’d Roman. A New Romance (London: E. Curll, 1715). — A plea for a return to the traditional romance (as Chaucer and Fénelon wrote it) to end the age of the modern production.
- 1718 [Johann Friedrich Riederer,] "Satyra von den Liebes-Romanen", published in: Die abentheuerliche Welt in einer Pickelheerings-Kappe, No. 2 ([Nürnberg,] 1718). Readers of all classes devour romances and novels and dream of being amorous heroes, a satire.
