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Stirring age : Scott, Byron and the historical romance / Robert Duncan McColl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McColl, Robert Duncan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Criticism and interpretation.
- Scott, Walter.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Criticism and interpretation.
- Byron, George Gordon Byron.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Comparisons of Scott and Byron, so natural to 19th century readers, are scarce nowadays. Using a variety of critical and philosophical vocabularies illustratively, though not dependently, this study provides a timely and original study of two giants of 19th century European literature engaged in an experimental, mutually-informing act of genre-splicing, seeking to return history and romance to what both perceived was their native complementarity. The book shows how both writers utilise hist...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON THE TEXT; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART III; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 7, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-7932-0
- OCLC:
- 913091895
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