{"product_id":"the-forms-of-historical-fiction-9781501723261","title":"The Forms of Historical Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry Shaw's aim is to promote a fuller understanding of nineteenth-century historical fiction by revealing its formal possibilities and limitations. His wide-ranging book establishes a typology of the ways in which history was used in prose fiction during the nineteenth century, examining major works by Sir Walter Scottthe first modern historical novelistand by Balzac, Hugo, Anatole France, Eliot, Thackeray, Dickens, and Tolstoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaw's is a distinguished book, a worthy sequel to the studies of Lukács, Fleishman, Iser, and others who have opened our eyes to the nature of historical fiction and of Scott's craft of historical fiction in particular. \u003ci\u003eThe Forms of Historical Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to fiction studies.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Frank Jordan * The Wordsworth Circle *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187879141719,"sku":"9781501723261","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-forms-of-historical-fiction-9781501723261","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}