Revolution and the Historical Novel

by John McWilliams

Book Overview

John McWilliams has written the first, much needed account of the ways the promise and threat of political revolution have informed masterpieces of the historical novel. The jolting sense of historical change caused by the French Revolution led to an immense readership for a new kind of fiction, centered on revolution, counter-revolution and warfare, which soon came to be called "the historical novel." During the turbulent wake of The Declaration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498503276
• ISBN13: 9781498503273
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"