Narrating the Past [electronic resource] : Historiography, Memory and the Contemporary Novel /
Robinson, A.author.
In recent years controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing connections between historiography and life-writing, arguing that the challenges posed in representing the past illuminate issues which are central to all literary narrative.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The narrative turn in history -- The historical turn in fiction -- History, life-writing and epistemology -- National stories -- Present pasts in neo-victorian fiction -- Gothic afterlives -- After the event.
In recent years controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing connections between historiography and life-writing, arguing that the challenges posed in representing the past illuminate issues which are central to all literary narrative.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Fiction.
Historiography.
British literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Fiction.
Historiography and Method.
British and Irish Literature.