Descendants of Waverley : romancing history in contemporary historical fiction /

Descendants of Waverley : romancing history in contemporary historical fiction /

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Author / Creator:	Bowden, Martha F., author.
Imprint:	Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Description:	xxvi, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Scott, Walter, -- 1771-1832 -- Influence. Scott, Walter, -- 1771-1832. Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Romanticism -- Great Britain. English fiction. Historical fiction, English. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Romanticism. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10881926

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ISBN:	9781611487824 161148782X 9781611487831
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Descendants of Waverley examines contemporary novelists' combination of historical authority and narrative art to create the "romance of history," authentic and accessible depictions of the past. Rooted in histories of the novel beginning in the eighteenth century, but challenging conventional theories that the novel erased the romance, the work treats Walter Scott as an important influence on the genre and analyzes the strategies used to romance history in the varied subgenres constituting current historical fiction."--

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