Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1 The American historical romance: a prospectus
- 2 The Waverley-model and the rise of historical romance
- 3 Historical romance and the stadialist model of progress
- 4 The regionalism of historical romance
- 5 Hawthorne and the ironies of New England history
- 6 Melville: the red comets return
- 7 The hero and heroine of historical romance
- 8 The historical romance of the South
- 9 Retrospect: departures and returns
- Notes
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1 The American historical romance: a prospectus
- 2 The Waverley-model and the rise of historical romance
- 3 Historical romance and the stadialist model of progress
- 4 The regionalism of historical romance
- 5 Hawthorne and the ironies of New England history
- 6 Melville: the red comets return
- 7 The hero and heroine of historical romance
- 8 The historical romance of the South
- 9 Retrospect: departures and returns
- Notes
- Index
Summary
![Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'](https://static.cambridge.org/content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Abook%3A9780511553820/resource/name/firstPage-9780511553820ind_p369-376_CBO.jpg)
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The American Historical Romance , pp. 369 - 376Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1987