Reinventing Liberty: Nation, Commerce and the Historical Novel from Walpole to Scott
- Submitting institution
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The University of Chichester
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 318
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISBN
- 9781474402965
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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http://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/1821/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph of ninety-eight thousand words makes an original argument for the emergence of the historical novel before Walter Scott and demonstrates the significance of the form to developing ideas of British 'liberty' and the nation. Over six chapters, including the introduction, the book engages with more than 30 historical novels and over fifteen authors, including Horace Walpole, Charlotte Smith, Maria Edgeworth, William Godwin and Walter Scott as well as lesser-known writers like Cornelia Knight and the Porter sisters. It draws on archival research carried out at the Huntington Library, California, and at the British Library.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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