The Encyclopedia of the Novel is an advanced desktop reference source on the novel as a literary genre. International in scope, its articles focus on the history, terminology, and conceptsessentialtostudyingthegenre.While available to the beginner, the Encyclopedia is aimed at a wider, more experienced audience.

Its goal is to assist specialists, graduate students, and teachers who are working in fields ancillary to their areas of expertise, and also to help the interested general reader looking for detailed, reliable information. As the first reference source entirely devoted to the global history, theory, form of the novel, the Encyclopedia offers extensive coverage of advanced concepts in those areas.