The Historical Novel in Nineteenth-Century Europe : Representations of reality in history and fiction / Brian Hamnett.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: U.K : Oxford University Press, 2015.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 332 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780198732419
9780199695041

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809.38109409034 23 HAM

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Part: 1 The historical novel as genre and problem: An analytical and critical examination Part: 2 Internal contradictions and unstable from: A comparative study of the historical novels dilemma

Summary: Brian Hamnett examines key historical novels by Scott, Balzac, Manzoni, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert, Fontane, Galdos, and Tolstoy, revealing the contradictions inherent in this form of fiction and exploring the challenges writers encountered in attempting to represent a reality that linked past and present.

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Part: 1 The historical novel as genre and problem: An analytical and critical examination Part: 2 Internal contradictions and unstable from: A comparative study of the historical novels dilemma

Brian Hamnett examines key historical novels by Scott, Balzac, Manzoni, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert, Fontane, Galdos, and Tolstoy, revealing the contradictions inherent in this form of fiction and exploring the challenges writers encountered in attempting to represent a reality that linked past and present.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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