Literary Historicity: Literature and Historical Experience in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9781503627178

Literary Historicity explores how eighteenth-century British writers considered the past as an aspect of experience. Mac

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Literary Historicity

Literary Historicity Literature and Historical Experience in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Ruth Mack

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD, CALIFORNIA

2009

Publication assistance for this book was provided by the Julian Park Publication Fund of the State University of New York at Buffalo Stanford University Press, Stanford, California © 2009 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mack, Ruth. Literary historicity : Literature and historical experience in eighteenth-century Britain I Ruth Mack. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 978-0-8047-5911-3 ISBN: 978-0-8047-7367-6 1. Historical fiction, English-History and criticism. 2. English fiction-18th century-History and criticism. 3· Literature and history-Great Britain-History-18th century. 4· Historical criticism (Literature). I. Title. PR858.H5M}} 2009 823'.o8to9-