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The historical novel in nineteenth-century Europe

Hamnett, Brian R.

The historical novel in nineteenth-century Europe representations of reality in history and fiction / [electronic resource] : Brian Hamnett. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 332 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brian Hamnett examines key historical novels by Scott, Balzac Manzoni, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert, Fontane, Gald�os, and Tolstoy, revealing the contradictions inherent in this form of fiction and exploring the challenges writers encountered in attempting to represent a reality that linked past and present.

9780191732164 (ebook) : No price


Historical fiction--History and criticism.
Fiction--History and criticism.--19th century

PN3441

809.381