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Stirring age : Scott, Byron and the historical romance / by Robert Duncan McColl

Author
McColl, Robert Duncan
Published
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Physical Description
1 online resource (228 pages)
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Contents
PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- PART II -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- PART III -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Summary
Comparisons of Scott and Byron, so natural to 19th century readers, are scarce nowadays. Using a variety of critical and philosophical vocabularies illustratively, though not dependently, this study provides a timely and original study of two giants of 19th century European literature engaged in an experimental, mutually-informing act of genre-splicing, seeking to return history and romance to what both perceived was their native complementarity. The book shows how both writers utilise hist ...
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ISBN
1443879320 (electronic bk.)
9781443879323 (electronic bk.)
1443874280
9781443874281
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
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