Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print

Stevens, A.

In the half century before Walter Scott's Waverley , dozens of popular novelists produced historical fictions for circulating libraries. This book examines eighty-five popular historical novels published between 1762 and 1813, looking at how the conventions of the genre developed through a process of imitation and experimentation.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-04-09

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230246294

DOI: 10.1057/9780230275300

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 201