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Victorian quest romance : Stevenson, Haggard, Kipling, and Conan Doyle / Robert Fraser.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Writers and their worksPublication details: New Delhi : Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, 1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 408 p. : ill ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9788126913176 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.54 22
Summary: This book interprets the quest romances of R L Stevenson, Rider Haggard, Kipling and Conan Doyle in the light of Victoriandebates within the then nascent sciences of Anthropology and Archaeology. Starting with a discussion of the nature of romance, it goes on to interpret the encounters with lost or buried pasts. By describing encounters with remote places and times, so it argues, these authors were asking their readers disconcerting questions about humankind, and about their own culture's institutions and beliefs.
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Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) General Stacks Non-fiction 813.54 F841v 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 019539
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This book interprets the quest romances of R L Stevenson, Rider Haggard, Kipling and Conan Doyle in the light of Victoriandebates within the then nascent sciences of Anthropology and Archaeology. Starting with a discussion of the nature of romance, it goes on to interpret the encounters with lost or buried pasts. By describing encounters with remote places and times, so it argues, these authors were asking their readers disconcerting questions about humankind, and about their own culture's institutions and beliefs.