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Author McColl, Robert Duncan, author.

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

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (228 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
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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Subject Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Criticism and interpretation.
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
History in literature.
History in literature.
Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Romanticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English literature.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781443879323 (OCoLC)905840245
ISBN 1443879320 (electronic book)
9781443879323 (electronic book)
1443874280
9781443874281