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The historical novel [electronic resource] / Jerome de Groot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New critical idiomPublication details: New York ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 200 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780203868966 (ebook)
  • 020386896X (ebook)
  • 0415426626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415426626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Historical novel.DDC classification:
  • 809.3/81 22
LOC classification:
  • PN3441 .D4 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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;

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.

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