English Historical Novel

Walter Scott to Virginia Woolf

Häftad, Engelska, 1972

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Beskrivning

"Avrom Fleishman's "The English Historical Novel" provides the first comprehensive study not only of this subject but also of the theoretical relationship between history and the historical novel".--Harriet Gilliam, "Clio".

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1972-09-26
Mått:149 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801814334

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Avrom Fleishman is a retired professor of English at the Johns Hopkins University and is the author of numerous books, including The English Historical Novel: Walter Scott to Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf: A Critical Reading (both available from Johns Hopkins), The Condition of English, and New Class Culture.

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Provides the first comprehensive study not only of this subject but also of the theoretical relationship between history and the historical novel. -- Harriet Gilliam Clio

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceChapter 1. Towards a theory of historical fictionChapter 2. OriginsChapter 3. ScottChapter 4. Dickens: Visions of revolutionChapter 5. Thackeray: Beyond Whig historyChapter 6. The late Victorian historical novelChapter 7. Hardy: The avoidance of historical fictionChapter 8. Experiment and renewalIndex