Alternate histories and nineteenth-century literature untimely meditations in Britain, France, and America / Ben Carver.

Author/creator Carver, Ben, 1972-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Descriptionxviii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Subjects
Alternative histories (Fiction)--History and criticism.
Literature, Modern--19th century. --History and criticism.
History in literature.
English literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
French literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
American literature--19th century. --History and criticism.

Portion of title Untimely meditations in Britain, France, and America
Variant title Arranging the past, reconsidering the present
SeriesPalgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture
Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture. ^A563136
Contents Introduction: The Castle of IF -- Napoleonic imaginaries --Inheriting antiquity: political genealogy in Disraeli and Renouvier -- Nebulous history and the plurality of worlds -- Lost worlds and the (un)natural history of gender -- Earliness and lateness: alternate history in American literature.
General noteBased on the authors' thesis (doctoral--University of Exeter, 2012) presented under the title: Arranging the past, reconsidering the present : the emergence of alternate history in the nineteenth century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017937711
ISBN9781137573339 (hardback : acid-free paper)
ISBN1137573333

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