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1 online resource |
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Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Electronic books |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Includes bibliographical references |
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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 |
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Available to OhioLINK libraries |
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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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Rayner, Samantha J., editor
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Wilkins, Kim, editor
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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JSTOR Open Access eBook collection
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Print version: GEORGETTE HEYER, HISTORY, AND HISTORICAL FICTION. [Place of publication not identified] : UCL PRESS, 2021 1787357627 |
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