Doody, Margaret. <br/><br/>
The true story of the novel / 
Margaret Anne Doody. 
 - London :  Fontana,  1998. 
 - xx, 580p., [24]p. of plates :  ill., facsims. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: U.S.: Rutgers University Press, 1996; London: HarperCollins, 1997. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-553) and index. 
<br/><br/> With fascinating detail Margaret Doody obliterates the distinction between the novel and romances, the Western idea of it being a Western invention and demolishes the idea that it is a relatively new genre. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780006863793 (pbk.) :  £9.99 0006863795 (pbk.) :  £9.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fiction--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>809.3