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The contemporary British historical novel[electronic resource] :representation, nation, empire /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	823/.081090914
書名/作者:	The contemporary British historical novel : representation, nation, empire // Mariadele Boccardi.
作者:	Boccardi, Mariadele,
出版者:	Basingstoke [England] ; : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
面頁冊數:	viii, 193 p. ;; 23 cm.
標題:	Historical fiction, English - History and criticism.
標題:	English fiction - History and criticism. - 20th century
標題:	History in literature.
標題:	Literature and history - Great Britain.
標題:	Great Britain - Fiction.
ISBN:	9780230240803
ISBN:	0230240801
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
內容註:	Introduction: The Novel of History 1969-2005 -- Tradition and Renewal -- The Romance of the Past -- Empire and the Politics of Representation -- Political Engagement and the Romance of Withdrawal -- Conclusion:Fictions of the Garden.
摘要、提要註:	The Contemporary British Historical Novel is the first full-length study of a genre that has had increasing critical attention and popular appeal at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book combines a contextual and theoretical framework for the success of historical fictionin Britain in the last forty years with detailed analysis of thirteen novels, from well-known examples of the genre such as The French Lieutenant's Woman and Possession to very recent works, including Philip Hensher's The Mulberry Empire and James Robertson's Joseph Knight. Boccardidiscusses the contemporary British historical novel in relation to questions of national identity in the aftermath of the loss ofempire, in contrast to other instances of recuperation of the past, particularly in the form of heritage, and as a complex representative of postmodernism in fiction.
電子資源:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)

The contemporary British historical novel[electronic resource] :representation, nation, empire /
Boccardi, Mariadele,1972-

The contemporary British historical novelrepresentation, nation, empire /[electronic resource] :Mariadele Boccardi. - Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - viii, 193 p. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Novel of History 1969-2005 -- Tradition and Renewal -- The Romance of the Past -- Empire and the Politics of Representation -- Political Engagement and the Romance of Withdrawal -- Conclusion:Fictions of the Garden.

The Contemporary British Historical Novel is the first full-length study of a genre that has had increasing critical attention and popular appeal at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book combines a contextual and theoretical framework for the success of historical fictionin Britain in the last forty years with detailed analysis of thirteen novels, from well-known examples of the genre such as The French Lieutenant's Woman and Possession to very recent works, including Philip Hensher's The Mulberry Empire and James Robertson's Joseph Knight. Boccardidiscusses the contemporary British historical novel in relation to questions of national identity in the aftermath of the loss ofempire, in contrast to other instances of recuperation of the past, particularly in the form of heritage, and as a complex representative of postmodernism in fiction.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230240803

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230240803doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

375986
Historical fiction, English
--History and criticism.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

337657
Great Britain
--Fiction.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

336502
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR888.H5 / B63 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.081090914

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