The Achievement of Literary Authority : Gender, History, and the Waverly Novels /

Although literary historians have largely neglected them, Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels mark a pivotal moment in the formation of the modern literary field, Ina Ferris argues, exemplifying the complex intersections of gender and genre in the evolution of nineteenth-century literary authori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferris, Ina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Scott, Walter, > 1771-1832 > Criticism and interpretation > History.
Scott, Walter, > 1771-1832.
Historical fiction, English > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Authorship > Sex differences.
Authority in literature.
Art d'écrire > Différences entre sexes.
Autorité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literature.
Scotland > In literature.
Écosse > Dans la littérature.
Scotland.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliographic Note
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Scott and the Status of the Novel
  • 1. Critical Tropes: The Republic of Letters, Female Reading, and Feminine Writing
  • 2. Utility, Gender, and the Canon: The Example of Maria Edgeworth
  • 3. A Manly Intervention: Waverley, the Female Field, and Male Romance
  • 4. From "National Tale" to "Historical Novel": Edgeworth, Morgan, and Scott
  • Part Two: Defining the Historical Novel
  • 5. The Problem of Generic Propriety: Contesting Scott's Historical Novel
  • 6. Constructing the Past: Old Mortality and the Counterfictions of Galt and Hogg
  • 7. "Authentic History" and the Project of the Historical Novel
  • 8. Establishing the Author of Waverley: The Canonical Moment of Ivanhoe
  • Index

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