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Public and Private Value: Studies in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
Public and Private Value Studies in the NineteenthCentury Novel
Author: Peter Smith
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521128759
ISBN-10: 0521128757
Publication Date: 2/4/2010
Pages: 256
Edition: 1 Reissue
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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