The Art of The Novel

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The approach coupled with the scope (covering, as it does, a huge swath of time) results in maybe the most complete history of the novel in English ever produced.

Over at The Millions, Jonathan Russell Clark reviews “The Novel: a Biography” by Michael Schmidt, and inevitably his review turns into a noteworthy essay on writing and prose.

Guia Cortassa was born, lives, and works in Milan, Italy. After working as a Contemporary Art curator, she went back to writing. She is a contributing editor for Ondarock and her writing has appeared on Rivista Studio, Flair and the Quietus. She compulsively tweets @gcmorvern. More from this author →