Revolution and the Historical Novel
by John McWilliams
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Very Good/None
- ISBN 10
- 1498503276
- ISBN 13
- 9781498503273
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Lexington Books , 2017. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in glazed boards, 299 pages. 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. McWilliams provides close readings of some twenty historical novels, from Scott and Cooper through Tolstoy, Zola and Hugo, to Pasternak and Lampedusa, and ultimately to Marquez and Hilary Mantel, but with continuing regard to historical contexts past and present. He traces the transformation of the literary conventions established by Scott’s Waverley novels, showing both the continuities and the changes needed to meet contemporary times and perspectives. Although the progressive hopes imbedded in Scott’s narrative form proved no longer adaptable to twentieth century carnage and the rise of totalitarianism, the meaning of any single novel emerges through comparison to the tradition of its predecessors. A foreword and epilogue explore the indebtedness of McWilliams’s perspective to the Marxist scholarly tradition of Georg Lukacs and Frederic Jameson, while defining his differences from them. This is a scholarly work of no small ambition and achievement. Clean copy. Record # 385373
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- 385373
- Title
- Revolution and the Historical Novel
- Author
- John McWilliams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1498503276
- ISBN 13
- 9781498503273
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- Literature, Criticism, , .
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