Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 336 g
Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 336 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-36425-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Walter Scott was acutely conscious of the fictionality of his historical novels. James Kerr reads the Waverley novels as a grand fictional project constructed around the relationship between the language of fiction and historical reality. We can see throughout Scott's novels a tension between the romancer, recasting the events of the past in accordance with recognizably literary logics, and the historian, presenting an accurate account of the past. This contradiction, reflected in Scott's generic mixture of romance and realism, remains unresolved, even in the most self-conscious of his works. It is in this interplay of fiction and history that Professor Kerr identifies the rich complexity of the Waverley novels.
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Acknowledgements; A note on citations of the Waverley novels; 1. The historical novel and the production of the past; 2. The reemplotment of rebellion: Waverley and Old Mortality; 3. Historical fable and political fantasy: The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor; 4. Redgauntlet: the historical romance as metafiction; Notes; Index.
