"Regency"

[ellenkushner]

An online zine editor just sent me a query which I thought might be of interest to the public:

Q: Do you consider Swordspoint et al Regency novels?

A: Not at all. Regency novels (particularly Georgette Heyer's) were certainly an influence on me, but the novels' setting is meant to be a heady mix of Elizabethan, 17c and 18c as well as "Regency" periods (with a little Damon Runyon & Dickens & of course the glorious Whatnot thrown in).

Comments

[mneme]

I think the confusion is that both Regency novels and Swordspoint are generaly novels of manners. But whereas Regency novels are usually (I think) Historical Romances of Manners, Swordspoint, et alia, are highly self-concious Fantasies of Manners.