Inn and the Traveller e-bog

"e;In the landscape of the early modern European comic novel the inn often features as a monument to digression - the perfect setting for chance encounters with strangers who always have a story to tell. This wide-ranging comparative study explores the special part played by the inn, tracing the progress of a succession of wayward heroes and narrators in five canonical texts: Cervantes's "e;"e;Don Quijote"e;"e;, Scarron's "e;"e;Roman comique"e;"e;, Fielding's "e;"e;Joseph Andrews"e;"e; and "e;"e;Tom Jones"e;"e;, Sterne's "e;"e;Tristram Shandy"e;"e; and Diderot's "e;"e;Jacques le fataliste"e;"e;. As this celebration of digressive fiction unfolds, a very different picture emerges of the novel's rise and development."e;