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Reading and Misreading the Country House in the Novels of George Gissing : The Dangers of Fiction. / Hutcheon, Rebecca.
In: ELT Journal, Vol. 60, No. 3, 01.04.2017, p. 341-358.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reading and Misreading the Country House in the Novels of George Gissing
T2 - The Dangers of Fiction
AU - Hutcheon, Rebecca
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - Deciphering the perceived simplicity of the romance and idealisms of Isabel Clarendon as intentional and self-conscious intimates an entirely different view of the upper-class setting. Decoded, it appears as the site of precarious preset narratives that are precisely disposed to misreading and self-deception. Situating this early novel within the wider context of Gissing's works provides a better account of country house aesthetics than one based on the clear-cut dichotomy between "illusion and reality" that a chronological and biographical reading provokes. The focus of this argument is not to deny the presence of these concepts but rather to challenge the notion of their binary opposition through a rereading of the country house setting
AB - Deciphering the perceived simplicity of the romance and idealisms of Isabel Clarendon as intentional and self-conscious intimates an entirely different view of the upper-class setting. Decoded, it appears as the site of precarious preset narratives that are precisely disposed to misreading and self-deception. Situating this early novel within the wider context of Gissing's works provides a better account of country house aesthetics than one based on the clear-cut dichotomy between "illusion and reality" that a chronological and biographical reading provokes. The focus of this argument is not to deny the presence of these concepts but rather to challenge the notion of their binary opposition through a rereading of the country house setting
KW - Country house
KW - Gissing
KW - narrative theory
M3 - Journal article
VL - 60
SP - 341
EP - 358
JO - ELT Journal
JF - ELT Journal
SN - 1475-1704
IS - 3
ER -