HISTORICAL NOVELS

The historical novel

by De Groot, Jerome

fromNew Critical Idiom

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The historical novel is not only an immensely popular genre, but also one that raises fascinating questions about the nature of key foundational concepts such as fact and fiction, history, reading and writing. This wide-ranging guide offers an accessible introduction to both the…

This dissertation examines the fictional portrayal of two definitive moments for the founding of modern Mexico: the Independence of 1810 and the Revolution of 1910. I establish connections between written and visual narratives produced in the 1980s and 1990s through a selection …

It is generally agreed that the novel is of European origin and that it was imported into non-European countries through colonial contact. While acknowledging this European precedence, it is important to also acknowledge the unique ways in which non-European authors indigenized …