* Part of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature
* Arranged in A-Z format and featuring over 140 contributors
* Written by an international cast of leading scholars, overseen by an Advisory Board of 37 specialists
* Entries explore the history and tradition of the novel in different areas of the world; formal elements of the novel (story, plot, character, narrator); technical aspects of the genre (such as realism, narrative structure and style) as well as subgenres, including the bildungsroman and the graphic novel; theoretical problems, like definitions of the novel; and topics in book history and the novel's relationship to other arts and disciplines
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* Online version provides students and researchers with 24/7 access to authoritative reference and powerful searching, browsing and cross-referencing capabilities
