Revolution and the Form of the British Novel, 1790-1825 - Watson, Nicola J. (Assistant Professor, Department of English, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Northwestern University, USA)

This study argues that the epistolary novel, the principal form of narrative in the 18th century, was eventually suppressed in favour of more authoritarian, third-person models designed to underwrite a new version of British national identity in the Napoleonic period.