Introduction / Eric Bulson
Part I. What is a novel?. The novel as genre / Vilashini Cooppan
Rises of the novel, ancient and modern / Alexander Beecroft
Epic/novel / Kent Puckett
The novel as encyclopedia / David James
Realism and the novel / Michael Sayeau
Modernism and the novel / Catherine Flynn
Part II. How does the novel work?. Novels and characters / Marta Figlerowicz
Novels and readers / Suzanne Keen
The space of the novel / Robert T. Tally Jr.
The novel and the law / Robert Spoo
The novel as data / Mark Algee-Hewitt, Erik Fredner, and Hannah Walser
Part III. Where is the novel going?. The novel as commodity / Priya Joshi
The graphic novel / Jan Baetens and Hugo Frey
The novel in the digital age / Jessica Pressman
The novel as planetary form / Joseph Keith.
