TY - BOOK AU - Wills,Adele TI - Texts through history SN - 0415319102 (pbk.) PY - 2004/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - History in literature KW - History KW - Methodology KW - Literature and history KW - Literature KW - History and criticism KW - Historiography N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introductory principles ; Why is history important? ; How does history shape a text? ; Attitudes and values ; The individual within history ; Genre ; Language change ; Reader response -- 2. Attitudes and values: the legend of King Arthur ; Idealising the legend: the chivalric code ; Challenging the legend -- 3. Attitudes and values: history and regional identity ; Scottish history and William Wallace ; Accent and dialect ; The twentieth century novel: developing attitudes -- 4. Attitudes and values: history and race ; Romanticism and India ; Consumption and the East ; India and conflict -- 5. Genres over time ; Tragedy: the development of a genre ; Tragedy as comedy ; A modern tragedy ; Tragedy in the novel -- 6. Taking stock and moving forward ; Text or Context UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip048/2003018545.html ER -