Forms of Historical Fiction

E. Shaw Harry

Description

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.

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501723285
• Langue: English

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