The Historical Novel

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The Historical Novel is a seminal work of literary theory by György Lukács that analyzes the development and social function of the historical novel as a genre.

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instanceOf book
work of literary theory
academicDiscipline aesthetics
comparative literature
literary studies
analyzes 19th-century historical novels
works of Walter Scott
author György Lukács
countryOfOrigin Germany
focusesOn development of the historical novel as a genre
relationship between literature and history
social function of the historical novel
genre literary criticism
literary theory
hasAuthor György Lukács
hasEnglishTranslation The Historical Novel self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Historical Novel (English edition)
influenced later Marxist literary criticism
theory of the historical novel
influencedBy Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx
keyConcept historical specificity
realist representation of history
totality of social relations
typical characters
mainSubject Marxist literary criticism
historical fiction
historical novel
realism in literature
movement Marxism
Marxist literary theory
Western Marxism
originalLanguage German
originalTitle Der historische Roman
periodDiscussed 19th century Europe
French Revolution era
Napoleonic Wars
positionInOeuvre major work of György Lukács
publicationYear 1937
publisher Luchterhand Literaturverlag
theoreticalFramework Marxist aesthetics
dialectical materialism
title The Historical Novel self-link
translatedInto English
French
Italian
Russian
Spanish

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György Lukács notableWork The Historical Novel
The Historical Novel title The Historical Novel self-link
The Historical Novel hasEnglishTranslation The Historical Novel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Historical Novel (English edition)