Romans historyczny okresu regencji. Literackie źródła gatunku
The Historical Romance of the Regency Period. Literary Sources of the Genre

Summary/Abstract: The paper assumes that the popular historical romance of the regency period is a subtype of the historical novel and at the same time a continuation of women literature. The aim of the examination is to present the most vital sources of the regency romance, namely the historical novel (to which the romance belongs) or ahistorical writing of Jane Austen—an exemplar of narrative form that prevails in the romance and a model of male-female relationship portrayal. Additionally, the article describes the concept of now forgotten genre “silver fork novel” which also proves influential on the modern historical romance. Observations made in the study allow to include the historical romance into a rich, though rejected and disparaged tradition of women literature.

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