Reinventing Liberty: Nation, Commerce and the Historical Novel from Walpole to Scott Contributor(s): Price, Fiona (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474426077 ISBN-13: 9781474426077 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: Redefines the British historical novel as a key site in the construction of British national identity The British historical novel has often been defined in the terms set by Walter Scott's fiction, as a reflection on a clear break between past and present. Returning to the range of historical fiction written before Scott, Reinventing Liberty challenges this view by returning us to the rich range of historical novels written in the late eighteenth-century. It explores how these works participated in a contentious debate concerning political change and British national identity. Ranging across well-known writers, like William Godwin, Horace Walpole and Frances Burney, to lesser-known figures, such as Cornelia Ellis Knight and Jane Porter, Reinventing Liberty reveals how history becomes a site to rethink Britain as 'land of liberty' and it positions Scott in relation to this tradition. Key Features
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