click to view more
Forms of Historical Fiction: Sir Walter Scott and His Successors
by Shaw, Harry E
$60.10
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.
Last updated on
Product Details
- Aug 31, 1983 Pub Date:
- 0801415926 ISBN-10:
- 9780801415920 ISBN-13:
- English Language
Money Back
Love it! Use it! Reuse it!
Free Shipping
Shipping is on us
Free Support
24/24 available
