| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 200 pages) |
| Series |
The new critical idiom |
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New critical idiom.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Origins : early manifestations and some definitions -- 3. Genre fiction -- 4. Literary fiction and history -- 5. Postmodernism and the historical novel : history as fiction, fiction as history -- 6. Challenging history |
| Summary |
The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In this comprehensive, focused guide, Jerome de Groot offers an accessible introduction to the genre and critical debates that surround it, including: the development of the historical novel from early eighteenth-century works through to postmodern and contemporary historical fiction, different genres, such as sensational or 'low' fiction, crime novels, literary works, counterfactual writing and related issues of audience, value, and authenticity, the many functions of historical fiction, particularly the challenges it poses to accepted histories and postmodern questioning of 'grand narratives, ' the relationship of the historical novel to the wider cultural sphere with reference to historical theory, the internet, television, and film, and key theoretical concepts such as the authentic fallacy, postcolonialism, Marxism, queer and feminist reading. Drawing on a wide range of examples from across the centuries and around the globe The Historical Novel is essential reading for students exploring the interface of history and fiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Historical fiction -- History and criticism
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Literature and history.
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History in literature.
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Fiction genres.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Fiction genres
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Historical fiction
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History in literature
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Literature and history
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203868966 |
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020386896X |
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1299146724 |
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9781299146723 |
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9786612315145 |
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6612315148 |
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