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Georgette Heyer, history, and historical fiction [electronic resource]/ edited by Samantha J. Rayner and Kim Wilkins.

Contributor(s): Publisher: London : UCL Press, 2021Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787357600
  • 1787357600
  • 9781787357631
  • 1787357635
  • 9781787357648
  • 1787357643
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.91209 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6015.E795
Online resources:
Contents:
List of figures and tables<br>List of contributors<br>Acknowledgements<br>Introduction: the Persistence of Georgette Heyer <br><i>Samantha Rayner and Kim Wilkins</i><br>Part 1: Gender<br>1.'Where History says little, Fiction may say much' (Anna Barbauld): the historical novel in women's hands in the mid-twentieth century <br><i>Kathryn Sutherland </i><br>2. The not so silly ass: Freddy Standen, his fictional contemporaries and alternative masculinity<br><i>Geraldine Perriam </i><br>3. Judith Taverner as dandy-in-training in Georgette Heyer's<i> Regency Buck, </i><i>Laura George</i><br>Part 2: Genre<br>4. Pride and prejudice: metafiction and the value of historical romance in Georgette Heyer<br><i>Kim Sherwood</i><br>5. Loving and giving: realism, emotional hypocrisy, and generosity in <i>A Civil Contract<br></i> <i>Jennifer Clement</i><br>6. Georgette Heyer and redefining the Gothic romance<br><i>Holly Hirst</i><br>7. Heyer ... in Space! The Influence of Georgette Heyer on science fiction<br><i>Kathleen Jennings</i><br>Part 3: Sources<br>8. All's Well That Ends Well: Shakespearean Echoes in Heyer's Regency novels<br><i>Lisa Hopkins</i><br>9. Georgette Heyer, Wellington's Army and the First World War<br><i>Vanda Wilcox</i><br>10. Georgette Heyer and the language of the historical novel<br><i>Tom Zille</i><br>Part 4: Circulation and Reception<br>11.A reluctant movie? <i>The Reluctant Widow</i> on screen<br><i>Lucie Bea Dutton</i><br>12. Georgette Heyer -- guilty pleasures<br><i>Amy Street</i><br>13. Data science: Georgette Heyer's historical novels and her readers<br><i>Helen Davidge</i><br>Appendix 1: List of Georgette Heyer's novels used for the text analysis<br>Appendix 2: Survey questions<br>Appendix 3: A sample of the comical answers written by the Heyer readers when completing the survey<br>Index
Summary: Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction brings together an eclectic range of chapters to explore the work and influence of novelist, Georgette Heyer.
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Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction brings together an eclectic range of chapters to explore the work and influence of novelist, Georgette Heyer.

List of figures and tables<br>List of contributors<br>Acknowledgements<br>Introduction: the Persistence of Georgette Heyer <br><i>Samantha Rayner and Kim Wilkins</i><br>Part 1: Gender<br>1.'Where History says little, Fiction may say much' (Anna Barbauld): the historical novel in women's hands in the mid-twentieth century <br><i>Kathryn Sutherland </i><br>2. The not so silly ass: Freddy Standen, his fictional contemporaries and alternative masculinity<br><i>Geraldine Perriam </i><br>3. Judith Taverner as dandy-in-training in Georgette Heyer's<i> Regency Buck, </i><i>Laura George</i><br>Part 2: Genre<br>4. Pride and prejudice: metafiction and the value of historical romance in Georgette Heyer<br><i>Kim Sherwood</i><br>5. Loving and giving: realism, emotional hypocrisy, and generosity in <i>A Civil Contract<br></i> <i>Jennifer Clement</i><br>6. Georgette Heyer and redefining the Gothic romance<br><i>Holly Hirst</i><br>7. Heyer ... in Space! The Influence of Georgette Heyer on science fiction<br><i>Kathleen Jennings</i><br>Part 3: Sources<br>8. All's Well That Ends Well: Shakespearean Echoes in Heyer's Regency novels<br><i>Lisa Hopkins</i><br>9. Georgette Heyer, Wellington's Army and the First World War<br><i>Vanda Wilcox</i><br>10. Georgette Heyer and the language of the historical novel<br><i>Tom Zille</i><br>Part 4: Circulation and Reception<br>11.A reluctant movie? <i>The Reluctant Widow</i> on screen<br><i>Lucie Bea Dutton</i><br>12. Georgette Heyer -- guilty pleasures<br><i>Amy Street</i><br>13. Data science: Georgette Heyer's historical novels and her readers<br><i>Helen Davidge</i><br>Appendix 1: List of Georgette Heyer's novels used for the text analysis<br>Appendix 2: Survey questions<br>Appendix 3: A sample of the comical answers written by the Heyer readers when completing the survey<br>Index

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