Title: The historical novel in nineteenth-century Europe
Description: 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.
Subjects: History and criticism, European Historical fiction, Historical fiction, history and criticism, Europe, history, 19th century, Fiction, Historical fiction
Time periods: 19th century