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The trans-national dimensions of the émigré novel during the French Revolution
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Astbury, Katherine. (2011) The trans-national dimensions of the émigré novel during the French Revolution. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.23 (No.4). pp. 801-832. ISSN 0840-6286
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ecf.2011.0015
Abstract
Writers across Europe found inspiration in the events and social ramifications of the French Revolution, which exerted a harmonizing effect on novelistic production. The dispersal of émigrés provided a common series of plot devices through which writers could explore notions of identity and the interplay of politics and sensibility. Émigrés drew on personal experiences for their own novels about emigration, but other European writers also used emigration in their work. Interaction, adaptation, translation, and illustration across nations and languages all contributed to the development of the émigré novel as a genre. This article explores how closely writers of different nationalities, especially French, German, Swiss, and English, were linked by a common approach and how shared plot devices and themes lead to a homogenization of the émigré novel as a sub-genre of the sentimental novel.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DC France J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > French Studies |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Literature and the revolution, France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence, Political refugees in literature -- History -- 18th century, Literature and transnationalism -- Europe -- History -- 18th century |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Eighteenth-Century Fiction |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Journals Division |
| ISSN: | 0840-6286 |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Volume: | Vol.23 |
| Number: | No.4 |
| Page Range: | pp. 801-832 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1353/ecf.2011.0015 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/38445 |
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