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The wandering fictions of George Borrow : a literature on the move 1840-1940 / Andrew D. Radford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Radford, Andrew D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Borrow, George, 1803-1881--Criticism and interpretation.
- Borrow, George.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]
- Summary:
- The first full-length scholarly monograph to scrutinize George Borrow's published prose works, including his modernist afterlives.
- Contents:
- Intro
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: A Blast from the Past
- 2. The Bible in Spain: An Unlikely Victorian Bestseller
- 3. 'The Last Genuine Example of the Picaresque'? Lavengro and The Romany Rye
- 4. Wild Wales: Borrow the Bad Englishman
- 5. A New Romanticism, or Borrowed Scenes?
- 6. Afterword: A Genre of his Own?
- Select Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781399546447
- 1399546449
- OCLC:
- 1512262575
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