Exoticizing the past in contemporary neo-historical fiction
edited by Elodie Rousselot, University of Portsmouth, UK
Bok · Engelsk · 2014
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| Omfang | xi, 197 sider
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| Opplysninger | "This collection of essays is dedicated to examining the recent literary phenomenon of the 'neo-historical' novel, a sub-genre of contemporary historical fiction which deliberately and self-consciously re-imagines specific periods of history. The contributions reveal how, although set in the past, neo-historical fiction is very much aimed at answering the needs and preoccupations of the present, and discuss the extent to which, as a result, its representation of one historical period for consumption by another can at times rely on 'exoticizing' strategies. Yet, as the essays in this collection demonstrate, the neo-historical novel can also offer a powerful means of contesting the very exoticist drives it seems to perpetuate, through a process of historical re-appropriation and re-articulation which simultaneously brings to light and challenges persisting cultural misconceptions about the past"--
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| Emner | Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi , 1977- : Half of a yellow sun
Chabon, Michael , 1963- Edric, Robert , 1956- : The book of the heathen Enright, Anne , 1962- : The pleasure of Eliza Lynch Vis mer... Ishiguro, Kazuo , 1954- : The remains of the day
Karlinsky, Harry : The evolution of inanimate objects Mantel, Hilary , 1952-2022 : Bring up the bodies Mantel, Hilary , 1952-2022 : Wolf Hall McEwan, Ian , 1948- : Atonement Mitchell, David , 1969- : The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet Waters, Sarah , 1966- : The night watch Exoticism in literature. Historical fiction - History and criticism. Eksotisme Historiske romaner |
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| ISBN | 9781137375193
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