Scott's novels and the counter-revolutionary politics of place / by Napton, Dani

Table of Contents: “…Compromised authority and confinement in the fortunes of Nigel and Woodstock -- Governance and agency in Woodstock and Peveril of the Peak -- Oppression, justice and monarchy in Peveril of the Peak and The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- Landscaping justice, rebellion and dynastic failure in the Heart of Mid-Lothian, Waverley and Redgauntlet -- The royal presence as locale: Rehabilitating the Stuart and Hanoverian Monarchies -- Conclusion: Homecoming, return and journey's end.…”

The fictions of romantic tourism : Radcliffe, Scott, and Mary Shelley / by Dekker, George

Table of Contents: “…The fictions of romantic tourism -- The fictionality of the romantic novel -- Radcliffe the tourist -- Radcliffe and the fictions of spiritual tourism -- Tourist transport in Waverley and The heart of mid-Lothian -- Scott the tourist : Guy Mannering and the Turner illustrations -- Mary Shelley and the fictions of companionable tourism -- Fictions of pilgrimage : Italy's "magical and memorable abodes".…”

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.…”