| Reconstructing the Past: G. and the White Hotel, Two Contemporary «Historical» Novels Contributor(s): Paul Weibel (Author) |
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ISBN: 326104151X ISBN-13: 9783261041517 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| LCCN: 90122896 |
| Series: Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XIV, Angelsachsische S |
| Physical Information: 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the last twenty years many English and American novelists have tried their hands at novels that deal with the past. This book examines two contemporary novels which both reconstruct recent history. It tries to explain the writers' interest in the process of history-making and it raises the question whether it still makes sense to speak of -historical novels-. Finally, in a more general part, the author looks at the theoretical background and discusses the relationship between history and fiction both in historiography and in the contemporary novel." |
