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THE HISTORICAL NOVEL IN EUROPE, 1650-1950
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| By: |
Richard Maxwell |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£42.00 |
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£37.80 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1107404460 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781107404465 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
31 January, 2012 |
| Pages: |
332 |
| Description: |
This book examines how the French invention and the Scottish re-invention of historical fiction prepared the genre's popularity during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
| Synopsis: |
A much older genre than is often thought, the historical novel has played a vital role in the development of the novel overall. It began in seventeenth-century France as a distinctive way of combining historical chronologies with fictive narratives. In Romantic Scotland, historical fiction underwent a further transformation, inspired by both antiquarian scholarship and crisis-oriented journalism. The first comprehensive study of its subject for many years, The Historical Novel in Europe highlights both the French invention and Scottish re-invention of historical fiction, showing how these two events prepared the genre's broad popularity during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In Europe, as well as in the Americas, the historical novel became as much a way of reading and a set of expectations as a memorable collection of books. The main authors discussed include Madame de Lafayette, the abbe Prevost, Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert and Mark Twain. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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