A New Province of Writing , from the Domain of the novel: Reflections of some historical definitions. ( Pg 20-36) The Domain of the Novel The Domain of the Novel: Reflections on Some Historical Definitions discusses the genre of the novel and it's characteristics. A. N. Kaul (1930–2017) Former Professor of English and former Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Delhi. His dissertation, The American Vision: Actual and Ideal Society in Nineteenth-Century Fiction, won both the John Addison Porter and George Egleston History Prizes and was published by Yale University Press in 1963. Summary of the Text A New Province of Writing - Kaul gave a general idea that if you have lived a life you can write at least one story, preferably your own. One man/woman, one vote; one life, one novel! - fiction is the most democratic Literary genre. - In this lectures Kaul states that his purpose is to go back in times to earliest novelist and focus on old fashioned...
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