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UNINA9910786479503321 |
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Autore |
Rooney Morgan |
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Titolo |
The French revolution debate and the British novel, 1790-1814 [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for history's authority / / Morgan Rooney |
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Lanham, MD, : Bucknell University Press, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-83461-8 |
1-61148-477-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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Transits: literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - French influences |
English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Literature and history |
France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Literature and the revolution |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: The French Revolution Debate, the Discourses of History, and the British Novel, 1790-1814; Part I. READING HISTORY IN A REVOLUTIONARY AGE, 1789-1794; Chapter 1. 1688 IN THE 1790S: STRATEGIES FOR INTERPRETING THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION; Chapter 2. THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST: THE DISCOURSES OF HISTORY; Part II. NOVEL AND HISTORY, 1793-1814; Chapter 3. ORDER UNDER SIEGE: THE DISCOURSES OF HISTORY IN THE ANTI-JACOBIN NOVEL; Chapter 4. THE CRUMBLING (E)STATE: THE PROBLEM OF HISTORY IN THE NOVEL OF REFORM |
Chapter 5. REPRESENTING HISTORY IN A POSTREVOLUTIONARY AGE: VARIETIES OFEARLY HISTORICAL FICTIONNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Through an examination of a representative body of non-fiction prose from the French Revolution debate and a variety of subgenres of the novel from the 1790-1814 period, this study traces the development of the discursive phenomenon it describes as "the struggle for history's |
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