Acts of modernity : the historical novel and effective communication, 1814-1901 / by Buchanan, David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Meaning-making: a history of reading practices -- Heart of the matter: consequences of modernity in Clan Albin and Tales of My Landlord -- Nation of readers: chapbook versions of The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- How the West was one: historification from Waverly to The Pathfinder --Home and away: Leatherstocking reinvented in America and France -- "Spiders in a pot": harnessing juggernaut in Le pere Goriot -- Industrial productions: from editions populaires to a people's history -- Community lessons: Canadian tales of national progess -- History in action: dramatizations at Montreal, Paris, New York and London -- Conclusion: working the historical novel.…”