The Historical Novel
A bibliography compiled by Boris Raymond
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(Compiler's Note: This partial bibliography was selected from a larger one published in: THE MODERN GERMAN HISTORICAL NOVEL: Paradigms, Problems, Perspectives, David Roberts and Philip Thomson, eds., N.Y, Oxford, Berg, 1991) Baker, E.A., A GUIDE TO HISTORICAL FICTION, London, 1914 Baumgarten, M. 'The Historical Novel: Some Postulates', CLIO 4, 1975, 173-81. Bergonzi, B. 'Fictions of History', in Bergonzi, THE CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH NOVEL, London, 1979, 42-65. Brown, D. WALTER SCOT AND THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION, London, 1979. Brumm, U. 'Thoughts on History and the Novel' COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES, 6, 1969, 317-330. Buckley, J.H., THE TRIUMPH OF TIME: A STUDY OF THE VICTORIAN CONCEPTS OF TIME, HISTORY, PROGRESS AND DECADENCE, Cambridge, Mass., 1967. Burgess, A., 'History and Myth' in Burgess, THE NOVEL NOW, London, 1968, 132-9. Butterfiled, H. THE HISTORICAL NOVEL: AN ESSAY, Cambridge, 1971. Cam, A., HISTORICAL NOVELS, London, 1961. Dickinson, A.T. Jr., THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL FICTION, Metuchen, NJ, 1971. Ellison, R. et al., 'The uses of History in Fiction', SOUTHERN LITERARY JOURNAL 1, II,1969, 57-90. Fleishman, A., THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL NOVEL, Baltimore, 1970. Gooch, G.P., 'Historical Novels', ESSAYS BY DIVERS HANDS 23, 1947, 52-71. Green, P., 'Aspects of the Historical Novel', ESSAYS BY DIVERSE HANDS 31, 1962, 53-60. Henderson, H., VERSIONS OF THE PAST: THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION IN AMERICAN FICTION, New York, 1975. Humphrey, R., THE HISTORICAL NOVEL AS PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY...London, 1986. Kermode, F., 'Novel, History and Type, NOVEL 1, 1968, 231-8. Krieger, M., 'Fiction, History, and Empirical Reality' CRITICAL ENQUIRY 1, 1974, 335-60. Leisy, E.E., THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL NOVEL, Norman, Oklahoma, 1950. Levin, D., IN DEFENSE OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE:ESSAYS ON AMERICAN HISTORY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, DRAMA AND FICTION, New York, 1967. Lukacs, G., THE HISTORICAL NOVEL, trans. Hannah and Stanley Mitchell, London, 1962. Lukacs, J., 'Facts and Fictions or Describing the Past', in Lukacs, HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OR THE REMEMBERED PAST, New York, 1968, 98-127.
McGarry, D. and White, S.H. HISTORICAL FICTION GUIDE: ANNOTATED CHRONOLOGICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, AND TOPICAL LIST OF FIVE THOUSAND SELECTED HISTORICAL NOVELS, New York, 1963. Mariott, Sir J. ENGLISH HISTORY IN ENGLISH FICTION, London, 1940. Matthews, B. THE HISTORICAL NOVEL AND OTHER ESSAYS, New York, 1901. Miller, J.H., 'Narrative and History', JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LITERARY HISTORY 41, 1974, 455-73 Mink, L.O. 'History and Fiction as Modes of Comprehension', NEW LITERARY HISTORY 1, 1970, 541-58. Mink, L.O. THE WRITING OF HISTORY, LITERARY FORM, AND HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING, Madison, 1978. Saintsbury, G.E.B., THE HISTORICAL NOVEL, Folcroft, 1971. Sanders, A. THE VICTORIAN HISTORICAL NOVEL 1840-1880, London, 1987. Sheppard, A.T., THE ART AND PRACTICE OF HISTORICAL FICTION, London, 1930. Simmons, J.C., THE NOVELIST AS HISTORIAN: ESSAYS ON VICTORIAN HISTORICAL NOVEL, The Hague, 1973. Tebbel, J.W., FACT AND FICTION: PROBLEMS OF THE HISTORICAL NOVELIST, Lansing, 1962. Turner, J.W., 'The Kinds of Historical Fiction: An Essay in Definition and Methodology', GENRE 12, 1979, 333-55. Van Woodward, C., 'The Uses of History in Fiction', THE SOUTHERN LITERARY JOURNAL 1, 1969, 57-90. Weinstein, M.A., 'The Creative Imagination in Fiction and History', GENRE 9, 1976, 263-77. White, H., METAHISTORY, THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION IN NINETEENTH- CENTURY EUROPE, Baltimore, 1973. From other sources I have added the following items: Balderstone, Daniel, The Historical Novel in Latin America, 1986. Kuester, Martin, FRAMING TRUTHS: PARODIC STRUCTURES IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH-CANADIAN HISTORICAL NOVELS, Toronto, U. of Toronto Press, 1992. Menton, Seymore, LATIN AMERICA'S NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL, Austin, Tx., U. of Texas Press, 1993. Rance, Nicholas, THE HISTORICAL NOVEL AND POPULAR POLITICS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND, New York, Books, 1975. (Soon's Note) For a bibliography covering the works published in the 19th century and the early 20th century, consult the excellent bibliography in Jonathan Nield's "A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales."
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