CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. List of Entries by Topic
6. Editors
7. Board of Advisors
8. Contributors
9. Introduction
10. Acknowledgments
11. A
    1. Adaptation/Appropriation
    2. African American Novel
    3. Ancient Narratives of China
    4. Ancient Narratives of South Asia
    5. Ancient Narratives of the West
    6. Andes
    7. Anthropology
    8. Arabic Novel (Mashreq)
    9. Asian American Novel
    10. Author
    11. Authorship
12. B
    1. Bakhtin, Mikhail
    2. Baltic States
    3. Bildungsroman/Künstlerroman
    4. Brazil
    5. British Isles (18th Century)
    6. British Isles (19th Century)
    7. British Isles (20th Century)
13. C
    1. Canada
    2. Caribbean
    3. Censorship
    4. Central America
    5. Central Europe
    6. Character
    7. China
    8. Class
    9. Closure
    10. Cognitive Theory
    11. Comedy and Tragedy
    12. Comparativism
    13. Copyright/Libel
14. D
    1. Decadent Novel
    2. Decorum/Verisimilitude
    3. Definitions of the Novel
    4. Description
    5. Detective Novel
    6. Dialect
    7. Dialogue
    8. Dictatorship Novel
    9. Disability Theory
    10. Discourse
    11. Domestic Novel
15. E
    1. Early American Novel
    2. Eastern and Central Africa
    3. Editing
    4. Epic
    5. The Epistolary Novel
16. F
    1. Feminist Theory
    2. Fiction
    3. Figurative Language and Cognition
    4. Formalism
    5. Frame
    6. France (18th Century)
    7. France (19th Century)
    8. France (20th Century)
17. G
    1. Gender Theory
    2. Genre Theory
    3. German Novel
    4. Gothic Novel
    5. Graphic Novel
18. H
    1. Hebrew Novel
    2. Historical Novel
    3. History of the Novel
19. I
    1. Iberian Peninsula
    2. Ideology
    3. Illustrated Novel
    4. Intertextuality
    5. Iran
    6. Italy
20. J
    1. Japan
    2. Jewish American Novel
    3. Journalism
21. K
    1. Korea
22. L
    1. Latina/o American Novel
    2. Libraries
    3. Life Writing
    4. Linguistics
    5. Low Countries (Europe)
    6. Lukács, Georg
23. M
    1. Magical Realism
    2. Marxist Theory
    3. Melodrama
    4. Memory
    5. Metafiction
    6. Mexico
    7. Modernism
    8. Mythology
24. N
    1. Narration
    2. Narrative
    3. Narrative Perspective
    4. Narrative Structure
    5. Narrative Technique
    6. Narrator
    7. National Literature
    8. Naturalism
    9. North Africa (Maghreb)
    10. Northern Europe
    11. Novel Theory (19th Century)
    12. Novel Theory (20th Century)
25. O
26. P
    1. Paper and Print Technology
    2. Parody/Satire
    3. Philosophical Novel
    4. Photography and the Novel
    5. Picaresque Novel
    6. Plot
    7. Psychoanalytic Theory
    8. Psychological Novel
    9. Publishing
27. Q
    1. Queer Novel
28. R
    1. Race Theory
    2. Reader
    3. Reading Aloud
    4. Realism
    5. Regional Novel
    6. Religion
    7. Reprints
    8. Reviewing
    9. Rhetoric and Figurative Language
    10. Romance
    11. Russia (18th–19th Century)
    12. Russia (20th Century)
29. S
    1. Science Fiction/Fantasy
    2. Serialization
    3. Sexuality
    4. South Asia
    5. Southeast Asian Archipelago
    6. Southeast Asian Mainland
    7. Southeastern Europe
    8. Southern Africa
    9. Southern Cone (South America)
    10. Space
    11. Speech Act Theory
    12. Story/Discourse
    13. Structuralism/Poststructuralism
    14. Surrealism/Avant-Garde Novel
30. T
    1. Time
    2. Translation Theory
    3. Turkey
    4. Typography
31. U
    1. United States (19th Century)
    2. United States (20th Century)
32. V
33. W
    1. Western Africa
34. X
35. Y
    1. Yiddish Novel
36. Z
37. Index of Novelists
38. General Index
39. End User License Agreement

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Guide

1. Cover
2. Table of Contents
3. Introduction
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