The book as its name implies is an introduction to the english novel specifically the canonical british writers with whom the literary establishment is concerned eagleton is an erudite and prolific scholar and his ability to manage the sweep and scope of the novel over the last two centuries is no less than remarkable eagletons book focuses on the writers and not individual works he does not shy away from psychological political or social analyses of these writers and their relationship t. The novel an introduction is a general introduction to narratology written by christoph bode full professor and chair of modern english literature in the department of english and american studies at ludwig maximilians universitat munchen. The english novel an introduction wiley written by one of the worlds leading literary theorists this book provides a wide ranging accessible and humorous introduction to the english novel from daniel defoe to the present day. This book is intended as an introduction to the english novel for students but also for any general readers who might find the subject interesting though it occasionally considers particular novels in some detail it is designed largely to offer ideas about a writers work as a whole which a reader may then bring to bear on individual texts i have tried to tread a precarious line between bamboozling