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      Nationalism and Desire in Early Historical Fiction

      by Ian Dennis
      Published
      Apr 1997
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      203
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      Nationalism and Desire in Early Historical Fiction analyses a sequence of early-nineteenth-century British and American texts from a perspective informed by Rene Girard's theory of triangular of 'mimetic' desire. Jane Porter's The Scottish Chiefs, Sydney Owenson's The Wild Irish Girl, Sir Walter Scott's Waverley, Old Mortality, Rob Roy, The Pirate and Redgauntlet, and Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans and Lionel Lincoln are given detailed new readings. General conclusions about the relationship of desire and nationalism in historical fiction are proposed.

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      First Edition Apr 1997 St. Martin's ISBN 0312172443
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      Dec 1997 St. Martin's ISBN 0333681614
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