Modern romance and transformations of the novel : The Gothic, Scott, Dickens /
Duncan, Ian
Modern romance and transformations of the novel : The Gothic, Scott, Dickens / Ian Duncan - 1st ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xii, 295 p.: 23 cm.
The culture of Gothic
The romance of subjection : Scott's Waverley
The suspension of belief: The end of the astrologer : Guy Mannering ; Against nature : The bride of Lammermoor ; Estate of grace : The heart of Mid-Lothian
Scott and Disckens : the work of the author
Scott and Dickens : the end of history
This book examines the relationship between the revival of romance and the ascendancy of the novel in British literary culture between 1765 and 1850. The revival of romance as the literary form of a pre-modern cultural identity provided a metaphor for the lost origins to account for the otherness of fiction to the world of historical importance.
9780521021067
English Literature, Novel
Criticism and interpretation
823.8 / DUN
Modern romance and transformations of the novel : The Gothic, Scott, Dickens / Ian Duncan - 1st ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xii, 295 p.: 23 cm.
The culture of Gothic
The romance of subjection : Scott's Waverley
The suspension of belief: The end of the astrologer : Guy Mannering ; Against nature : The bride of Lammermoor ; Estate of grace : The heart of Mid-Lothian
Scott and Disckens : the work of the author
Scott and Dickens : the end of history
This book examines the relationship between the revival of romance and the ascendancy of the novel in British literary culture between 1765 and 1850. The revival of romance as the literary form of a pre-modern cultural identity provided a metaphor for the lost origins to account for the otherness of fiction to the world of historical importance.
9780521021067
English Literature, Novel
Criticism and interpretation
823.8 / DUN