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Titolo |
Reinventing Liberty / Fiona Price |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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"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."-- |
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