Desire and Truth Functions of Plot in Eighteenth-Century English Novels

Desire and Truthoffers a major reassessment of the history of eighteenth-century fiction by showing how plot challenges or reinforces conventional categories of passion and rationality. Arguing that fiction creates and conveys its essential truths through plot, Patricia Meyer Spacks demonstrates that eighteenth-century fiction is both profoundly realistic and consistently daring.Spacks, Patricia M. is the author of 'Desire and Truth Functions of Plot in Eighteenth-Century English Novels' with ISBN 9780226768458 and ISBN 0226768457.