When Sir Walter Scott published the second in his Tales of My Landlord series in 1816, Old Mortality quickly became a favorite of his reading public. The novel focuses on the month of June 1679, with Scott compressing time to… Read More ›
Historical Romance
Analysis of Sir Walter Scott’s Kenilworth
In his novel Kenilworth, Sir Walter Scott tells his romanticized version of the death of Amy Robsart, wife to Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, favored by Queen Elizabeth I. Set in 1560, the novel seeks to, as Scott writes… Read More ›
Analysis of Charles Kingsley Hypatia
In his third novel, Hypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face, Charles Kingsley seemingly departed from his previous focus on his own era to produce a historical romance. However, as the title indicates, he still dealt with contemporary issues…. Read More ›
Analysis of Maurice Hewlett’s The Forest Lovers
The Forest Lovers was the first of several romance novels by Maurice Hewlett, who began writing of knights in medieval settings at a time when such books were at the height of popularity. He prepared readers for all the hallmarks… Read More ›
Analysis of Charles Reade’s The Cloister and the Hearth
Charles Reade’s popular historical romance, The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages, represented the labor of two years. Reade was hired in 1859 by the publishers of Once a Week to help that periodical compete with… Read More ›
Young Adult Fiction Works and Writers
A distinctive literature about childhood has existed since the Victorian era, but not so about adolescence as a stage of life with its own integrity, concerns, and distinct problems. Teachers, librarians, and parents argue that the classics of world literature… Read More ›
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