The historical novel in nineteenth-century Europe : representations of reality in history and fiction
Hamnett, Brian RAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical fiction, European
Languages & Literatures
Literature - General