Title
Appropriating the Restoration: Fictional Place and Time in Works by Daniel Defoe, Sir Walter Scott and Rose Tremain
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
3-19-2015
Description
While authors have appropriated literary works for centuries, they have also appropriated historical settings and places well outside their own realities, creating new works in historical settings that reflect a new cultural purpose. The Restoration and eighteenth century are frequent subjects of popular formula-fiction romances due to the distinctive, easily replicated atmospheres; but the period has also inspired serious, traditional historical fiction and fictionalized biography as well as productions of novels from the period. This panel focuses on the long eighteenth century and the period’s intrigue for filmmakers, TV producers and audiences in a modern-day culture
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Citation Information
Slagle, Judith Bailey. 2015. Appropriating the Restoration: Fictional Place and Time in Works by Daniel Defoe, Sir Walter Scott and Rose Tremain. Southeastern American Society for Eightenneth-Century Studies, Los Angeles, CA. https://asecs.press.jhu.edu/general%20site/Posted%202015%20Call%20for%20Papers1.pdf