The Forms of Historical Fiction :
Shaw, Harry E.,
The Forms of Historical Fiction : Sir Walter Scott and His Successors / Harry E. Shaw. - Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©1983 - 1 online resource (256 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Citations of Scott's Works -- I. AN APPROACH TO THE HISTORICAL NOVEL -- 2. HISTORY AS PASTORAL, HISTORY AS A SOURCE OF DRAMA -- 3. HISTORY AS SUBJECT -- 4. FORM IN SCOTT'S NOVELS: THE HERO AS INSTRUMENT -- 5. FORM IN SCOTT'S NOVEL: THE HERO AS SUBJECT -- Index
Harry Shaw's aim is to promote a fuller understanding of nineteenth-century historical fiction by revealing its formal possibilities and limitations. His wide-ranging book establishes a typology of the ways in which history was used in prose fiction during the nineteenth century, examining major works by Sir Walter Scott-the first modern historical novelist-and by Balzac, Hugo, Anatole France, Eliot, Thackeray, Dickens, and Tolstoy.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9781501723278
Historical fiction--History and criticism.
England.
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events .
PR5343.H5
809.3/81
The Forms of Historical Fiction : Sir Walter Scott and His Successors / Harry E. Shaw. - Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©1983 - 1 online resource (256 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Citations of Scott's Works -- I. AN APPROACH TO THE HISTORICAL NOVEL -- 2. HISTORY AS PASTORAL, HISTORY AS A SOURCE OF DRAMA -- 3. HISTORY AS SUBJECT -- 4. FORM IN SCOTT'S NOVELS: THE HERO AS INSTRUMENT -- 5. FORM IN SCOTT'S NOVEL: THE HERO AS SUBJECT -- Index
Harry Shaw's aim is to promote a fuller understanding of nineteenth-century historical fiction by revealing its formal possibilities and limitations. His wide-ranging book establishes a typology of the ways in which history was used in prose fiction during the nineteenth century, examining major works by Sir Walter Scott-the first modern historical novelist-and by Balzac, Hugo, Anatole France, Eliot, Thackeray, Dickens, and Tolstoy.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9781501723278
Historical fiction--History and criticism.
England.
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events .
PR5343.H5
809.3/81