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Revolution and the historical novel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McWilliams, John P. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:
Historical fiction > History and criticism.
Revolutions in literature.
Literature and revolutions > History.
Revolutionary literature > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: A search for synthesis
  • Introduction: Revolutions and restorations
  • Metaphor: controlling the past
  • Scott: the totality of history
  • Transforming the neutral ground
  • Waverer and fanatic
  • Revolution and battle honor
  • Men under trial: revolutionary justice
  • The appeal of the old order: the threat of the new
  • Women, children & the progressive ending
  • New directions
  • Conclusion: Scott's legacy: Flaubert and the Marxist revolutionary novel, 1848.