| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism
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Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism.
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Ancient liberties -- The labours of history -- Uneasy alliance : liberty and the nation -- Conserving histories : chivalry, science and liberty -- The end of history? Scott, his precursors and the violent past. |
| Access |
Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Summary |
"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. 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, such as William Godwin, Horace Walpole and Frances Burney, to lesser-known figures, including Cornelia Ellis Knight and Jane Porter, 'Reinventing Liberty' reveals how history becomes a site to rethink Britain as 'land of liberty' and positions Scott in relation to this tradition."-- Unedited summary from book. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Historical fiction, English. |
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English literature. |
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Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1700-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781474402972 |
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9781474402965 |
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1474402968 |
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