Reinventing Liberty: Nation, Commerce and the Historical Novel from Walpole to Scott

ISBN-13: 9781474426077 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str.

Fiona Price

Opis

Returning to the range of historical fiction written before Scott, Reinventing Liberty challenges this view by returning us to the rich range of historical novels written in the late eighteenth-century. It explores how these works participated in a contentious debate concerning political change and British national identity.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Ancient Liberties; 2. The Labours of History; 3. Uneasy Alliances: Liberty and the Nation; 4. Conserving Histories: Chivalry, Science and Liberty; 5. The End of History? Scott, his Precursors and the Violent Past; Conclusion; Bibliography.