Public and Private Value: Studies in the Nineteenth-Century Novel

by Peter Smith and Peter Smith

Book Overview

Originally published in 1984, this book argues that there is an inherited suspicion from the nineteenth-century that the historical novel after Scott is essentially a 'costume' affair, a dashing tale of times of old, suited only to minor talents and undiscerning readers. Though Scott inaugurated the period of the novel's greatest accomplishments, the specific tradition he founded seems to peter out into relative sterility. This book challenges such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521128757
• ISBN13: 9780521128759
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"