The Forms of Historical Fiction Sir Walter Scott and His Successors

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 majo...

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Main Author: Shaw, Harry E. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1983
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