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The Historical Novel from Scott to Sabatini

Changing Attitudes toward a Literary Genre, 1814-1920

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  • © 1995

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  1. Harold Orel

    1. University of Kansas, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Scott Legacy

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 6-14

  4. The Emphasis on History in the Historical Novel

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 15-27

  5. Didactic Elements in the Historical Novel

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 28-36

  6. Stevenson and the Historical Romance

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 37-41

  7. Robert Louis Stevenson and The Master of Ballantrae (1889)

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 42-49

  8. Sir Walter Besant and Dorothy Forster (1884)

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 50-59

  9. Richard Doddridge Blackmore and Springhaven (1887)

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 60-69

  10. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (‘Q’) and The Splendid Spur (1889)

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 70-86

  11. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The White Company (1891)

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 87-101

  12. Stanley John Weyman and A Gentleman of France (1893)

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 102-114

  13. Simon Dale (1898), by Anthony Hope

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 115-132

  14. Sir Henry Rider Haggard and Eric Brighteyes (1898)

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 133-150

  15. Rafael Sabatini and The Sea-Hawk (1915)

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 151-158

  16. Coda: The Great War, and After

    • Harold Orel
    Pages 159-163

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 164-189
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Sir Walter Scott defined the parameters of the historical novel and illustrated his concept of the genre by writing a long series of novels dealing with medieval times, the Elizabethan Age and the 18th Century. Later novels written by his contemporaries and successors attracted smaller audiences. When Robert Louis Stevenson, in the early 1880s, enthusiastically expanded the boundaries of romantic fiction, he became a standard-bearer and an inspiration to many of his fellow-novelists: Walter Besant, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stanley John Weyman, Anthony Hope, Henry Rider Haggard, and Rafael Sabatini.

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    Harold Orel

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