British historical fiction before Scott
by Anne Stevens
History in literatureLiterature and historyEnglish fictionHistory and criticismEnglish Historical fictionHistoryHistorical fiction, history and criticismEnglish fiction, history and criticism, 18th century
"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."--Jacket.
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