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9781408220122

History Meets Fiction

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  • ISBN13:

    9781408220122

  • ISBN10:

    1408220121

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2009-10-15
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Accessible and engaging study of the fine lines between history and fiction, and how the two are intrinsically related, this text is a must-read for any student of historiography. Engaging and accessible style makes a complex topic easily understood and divertingly fascinating Inclusion of extracts and examples from well known works of fiction to illustrate the points made in the text Covers theoretical and practical perspectives of this often contentious topic

Author Biography

Reader Emeritus in the History of Ideas, University of Hertfordshire

Table of Contents

Preface

 

Chapter 1: History and Fiction

 

Chapter 2: History: Fact or Fiction?

 

Chapter 3: Dryasdust and Co.: Some Fictional Representations of Historians

 

Chapter 4: Fiction, History, and Memory

 

Chapter 5: Fiction, History, and Ethics

 

Chapter 6: Fiction, History, and Identity

 

Chapter 7: Fiction and the Functions of History

 

Chapter 8: Endings

 

Postscript

 

Bibliography

 

Index

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