Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson

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About: Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson (McFarland)

“British history is one of steadily intermittent conflicts hallmarked by rebellions against authority. This cultural legacy of warfare was reflected by three of Britain's most revered authors: Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Each of these three literary icons wrote two novels each with a historical rebellion as their context. ‘Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson’ by Anna Faktorovich is a 264 page compendium comprised examining literary aspects of their work. Beginning with an informed and informative overview and commentary on rebellions and reforms in Britain, ‘Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson’ continues with chapters on Genre Theory and the Rebellion Novel; Criteria for Selecting Rebellion Novels; Readers of Rebellion Novels; Censorship, the Publishing Business, and Subversive Literary Warfare; and The Elements of Rebellion Novels. ‘Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson’ then proceeds to lay out in three major sections: Sir Walter Scott and the Invention of the Rebellion Genre; Charles Dickens: The Radical Socialist; and Robert Louis Stevenson: Patronage and Rebellion. Insightful, thoughtful and thought-provoking, ‘Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson’ is a seminal body of impeccable scholarship, and a highly recommended contribution for academic library Literary Studies reference collections in general, and supplemental reading lists for students studying the lives and works of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson.”

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About: Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson (McFarland)

“Faktorovich… examines the rebellion novel genre in nineteenth-century British literature through Sir Walter Scott's Waverly and Rob Roy, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and Barnaby Rudge, and Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped and The Young Chevalier. She analyzes their linguistic and structural formulas, how they used subversive tools to avoid censorship, and how they individualized the genre to suit their needs, in terms of Scott's Scottish nationalism, Dickens' socialist purpose, and Stevenson's radical aims. She also discusses the rebellion novel and its context and elements, the genre in terms of genre theory, its readers, her criteria for selection, and censorship, the publishing business, and subversion.”

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"Books have great power, great enough even to spark a revolution, or at least to inspire it. This scholarly analysis of rebellion in literature aims to define an overlooked genre and illustrate the revolutionary aspirations of some of Britain's greatest authors." --Aimee Jodoin