The English historical novel : Walter Scott to Virginia Woolf
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The English historical novel : Walter Scott to Virginia Woolf
Johns Hopkins Press, c1971
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"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".
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Towards a theory of historical fiction
Chapter 2. Origins
Chapter 3. Scott
Chapter 4. Dickens: Visions of revolution
Chapter 5. Thackeray: Beyond Whig history
Chapter 6. The late Victorian historical novel
Chapter 7. Hardy: The avoidance of historical fiction
Chapter 8. Experiment and renewal
Index
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