Reinventing Liberty Fiona Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, Fiona L., author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism.

Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical fiction, English.

English literature.

Historical fiction, English--History and criticism.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2016].

System Details:

text file

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.

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-1289-0

1-4744-2607-7

1-4744-2211-X

OCLC:

945384036