The contemporary British historical novel
Subtitle: representation, nation, empire
By: Mariadele Boccardi.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780230200074
Subjects: Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; History in literature; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- In literature
Description: This "first full-length study of a genre that has had increasing critical attention and popular appeal at the turn of the twenty-first century ... combines a contextual and theoretical framework for the success of historical fiction in 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. Boccardi discusses the contemporary British historical novel in relation to questions of national identity in the aftermath of the past, particularly in the form of heritage, and as a complex representative of postmodernism in fiction"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.