Born Yesterday: Inexperience and the Early Realist Novel

Stephanie Insley Hershinow's Born Yesterday: Inexperience and the Early Realist Novel examines how the concept of inexperience functions in 18th-century novels. The book focuses on "novices," characters whose inexperience persists throughout the narrative, challenging traditional notions of character development. Hershinow analyzes novels by authors such as Richardson, Fielding, Burney, and Radcliffe, arguing that inexperience is not a flaw but a source of moral and aesthetic insight. The study rejects the "Bildungsroman" model of character development and proposes an alternative framework for understanding character and plot in early realist fiction. You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms: https://linktr.ee/book_shelter Get the Book now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Yesterday-Inexperience-Early-Realist/dp/1421429675?&linkCode=ll1&tag=cvthunderx-20&linkId=c3ef36e86210185dc2fa3612d068ae58&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Produced by: https://www.podcaistudio.com/