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Subject(s)

• Historical fiction, English—History and criticism [Browse]
• English fiction—18th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Literature and history—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• History in literature [Browse]

Series

Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print [More in this series]

Summary note

"In the half century before Walter Scott's Waverley, dozens of popular novelists produced historical fictions for circulating libraries. This book examines eighty-five popular historical novels published between 1762 and 1813, looking at how the conventions of the genre developed through a process of imitation and experimentation."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The formation of a genre
• Historical novels, 1762-1783
• The historical novel in the circulating library
• Historical novels, 1784-1813
• The historical novel in the reviews
• Epilogue : Ivanhoe and historical fiction.

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ISBN

• 9780230246294 (alk. paper)
• 023024629X (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009048534

OCLC

468976204

RCP

H - S

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