The Victorian historical novel, 1840-1880 / Andrew Sanders
1978, First Edition. London : Macmillan. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #405066
ISBN: 0333220935
Physical description; xi, 264 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Introduction -- 2. A Gothic revival: William Harrison Ainsworth's The Tower of London -- 3. The new seriousness: Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Harold -- 4. The track of a storm: Charles Dickens's historical novels -- 5. Clio's heroes and Thackeray's heroes: Henry Esmond and The Virginians -- 6. The argument from tradition: Hypatia, Fabiola and Callista -- 7. Last of the English: Charles Kingsley's Hereward the Wake -- 8. "Romola's Waking": George Eliot's historical novel --9. Suffering a sea-change: Mrs Gaskell's Sylvia's Lovers -- 10. Marching into the night: Thomas Hardy's The Trumpet-Major. Subjects; 1800-1899. English fiction 19th century History and criticism. Historical fiction, English History and criticism.
Price: €18.95