The historical novel in nineteenth-century Europe [electronic resource] : representations of reality in history and fiction /
by Hamnett, Brian R.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (ix, 332 p.).ISBN: 9780191732164 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Historical fiction -- History and criticism | Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticismOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Brian Hamnett examines key historical novels by Scott, Balzac Manzoni, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert, Fontane, Gald�os, 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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Brian Hamnett examines key historical novels by Scott, Balzac Manzoni, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert, Fontane, Gald�os, 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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