British historical fiction before Scott
By: Anne H. Stevens.
Series: Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230246294
Subjects: Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; History in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The formation of a genre; title: Historical novels, 1762-1783; title: The historical novel in the circulating library; title: Historical novels, 1784-1813; title: The historical novel in the reviews; title: Epilogue: Ivanhoe and historical fiction.