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Modern romance and transformations of the novel : The Gothic, Scott, Dickens / Ian Duncan

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 295 p.: 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521021067
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 823.8 DUN
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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.

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