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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809156603321

Autore

McColl Robert Duncan

Titolo

Stirring age : Scott, Byron and the historical romance / / Robert Duncan McColl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-7932-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

828.709

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON THE TEXT; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART III; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Comparisons of Scott and Byron, so natural to 19th century readers, are scarce nowadays. Using a variety of critical and philosophical vocabularies illustratively, though not dependently, this study provides a timely and original study of two giants of 19th century European literature engaged in an experimental, mutually-informing act of genre-splicing, seeking to return history and romance to what both perceived was their native complementarity. The book shows how both writers utilise hist...