Descendants of Waverley: Romancing History in Contemporary Historical Fiction by Bowden, Martha F.

Descendants of Waverley: Romancing History in Contemporary Historical Fiction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781611487824)

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Descendants of Waverley: Romancing History in Contemporary Historical Fiction by Bowden, Martha F.

Descendants of Waverley: Romancing History in Contemporary Historical Fiction

$129.00
Descendants of Waverley: Romancing History in Contemporary Historical Fiction by Bowden, Martha F.

Descendants of Waverley: Romancing History in Contemporary Historical Fiction

$129.00
Format: Hardcover
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Descendants of Waverley examines contemporary novelists' combination of historical authority and narrative art to create the "romance of history," authentic and accessible depictions of the past. Rooted in histories of the novel beginning in the eighteenth century, but challenging conventional theories that the novel erased the romance, the work treats Walter Scott as an important influence on the genre and analyzes the strategies used to romance history in the varied subgenres constituting current historical fiction.

Author: Martha F. Bowden
ISBN-10: 161148782X
ISBN-13: 9781611487824
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/11/2016
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2017
By Martha F. Bowden
By Martha F. Bowden
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Martha F. Bowden is professor of English at Kennesaw State University.

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