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Author McColl, Robert Duncan, author

Title Stirring age : Scott, Byron and the historical romance / by Robert Duncan McColl
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (228 pages)
Contents PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- PART II -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- PART III -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Summary Comparisons of Scott and Byron, so natural to 19th century readers, are scarce nowadays. Using a variety of critical and philosophical vocabularies illustratively, though not dependently, this study provides a timely and original study of two giants of 19th century European literature engaged in an experimental, mutually-informing act of genre-splicing, seeking to return history and romance to what both perceived was their native complementarity. The book shows how both writers utilise hist ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index
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Subject Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Criticism and interpretation
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 fast
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 fast
Subject History in literature.
Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
Literary studies: poetry & poets.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
History in literature
Romanticism
Great Britain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
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