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1 online resource (256 pages) illustrations |
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Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism |
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Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism.
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Contents |
Ancient liberties -- The labours of history -- Uneasy alliance : liberty and the nation -- Conserving histories : chivalry, science and liberty -- The end of history? Scott, his precursors and the violent past. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Summary |
Redefines the British historical novel as a key site in the construction of British national identity. The British historical novel has often been defined in the terms set by Walter Scott's fiction, as a reflection on a clear break between past and present. Returning to the range of historical fiction written before Scott, Reinventing Liberty challenges this view by returning us to the rich range of historical novels written in the late eighteenth-century. It explores how these works participated in a contentious debate concerning political change and British national identity. Ranging across well-known writers, like William Godwin, Horace Walpole and Frances Burney, to lesser-known figures, such as Cornelia Ellis Knight and Jane Porter, Reinventing Liberty reveals how history becomes a site to rethink Britain as 'land of liberty' and it positions Scott in relation to this tradition. Key Features. Recovers the richness of the historical novel and history writing before Walter Scott, including the contribution of women writers to this debate Explores how historical fiction probes anxieties at the rise of commerce, the question of empire, and radical political change Rewrites our understanding of Scott and his relation to the earlier British historical novel |
Subject |
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Historical fiction.
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Littérature anglaise -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature anglaise -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism & Patriotism.
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English literature
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Historical fiction
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Chronological Term |
1700-1899
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Reinventing Liberty, Nation, Commerce and the British Historical Novel from Walpole to Scott. Edinburgh:Edinburgh University Press, ©2016 9781474402965 |
ISBN |
9781474402972 (electronic bk.) |
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1474402976 (electronic bk.) |
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1474402968 |
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9781474402965 |
Standard No. |
9781474402965 |
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AU@ 000058392732 |
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GBVCP 1008666351 |
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GBVCP 1030560935 |
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