BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ORIGINS: EARLY MANIFESTATIONS AND SOME DEFINITIONS; 3 PGENRE FICTION; 4 LITERARY FICTION AND HISTORY; 5 POSTMODERNISM AND THE HISTORICAL NOVEL: HISTORY AS FICTION, FICTION AS HISTORY; 6 CHALLENGING HISTORY; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The historical novel is not only an immensely popular genre, but also one that raises fascinating questions about the nature of key foundational concepts such as fact and fiction, history, reading and writing. This wide-ranging guide offers an accessible introduction to both the genre and the critical debates around it
