The historical novel in nineteenth-century Europe
An edition of The historical novel in nineteenth-century Europe (2011)
representations of reality in history and fiction
By Brian R. Hamnett
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
332
Description:
Brian Hamnett examines key historical novels by Scott, Balzac Manzoni, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert, Fontane, Galdós, 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.