Richard Maxwell

The Historical Novel in Europe, 1650-1950

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive study of its subject since Lukacs's classic work, this book synthesises the history of the genre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780521519670
• ISBN-10: 0521519675
• Artikelnr.: 26525887

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of illustrations
Introduction
Part I. Transmissions and Transformations of Historical Fiction: 1. History in glimpses, or, how historical fiction survived the eighteenth century
2. Inundations of time: Scott's reinvention of the historical novel
Part II. The Franco-Scottish Model for the Historical Fiction: 3. Pretenders in sanctuary: phantoms of the world-historical character
4. History on the walls: siege novels and the lure of collective heroism
Part III. The English Historical Novel: An Alternative Path: 5. Juvenile: children, play and history
Notes
Chronological list of historical novels
Select bibliography
Index.