The boundaries of fiction : history and the eighteenth-century British novel / Everett Zimmerman.

Author/creator Zimmerman, Everett
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1996.
Descriptionvi, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
English fiction--18th century. --History and criticism.
Literature and history--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Historiography--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Historical fiction, English--History and criticism.
History in literature.

Contents Introduction "Historical faith" -- Skeptical historiography and the constitution of the novel -- From Figura to Trace: Bunyan and Defoe -- A battle of books: Swift's Tale and Richardson's Clarissa -- The machine of narrative: Tom Jones and Caleb Williams -- From personal identity to the material text: Sterne, Machenzie, and Scott -- Coda: epistemology, rhetoric and narrative: Historiography and the fictional -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96017057
ISBN0801432510 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR858.H5 Z56 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold