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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165046103321

Autore

Brantly Susan C.

Titolo

The historical novel, transnationalism, and the postmodern era : presenting the past / / Susan C. Brantly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-38646-1

1-315-38644-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature ; ; 3

Disciplina

809.3/81

Soggetti

Historical fiction - History and criticism

Literature and transnationalism

History in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Historical metaphors on the postmodern palette -- 2. Nation-building and the need for authenticity : Per Anders Fogelstrom's Stockholm series -- 3. Playing with historical conventions : P.C. Jersild's Return of the geniuses -- 4. Imagining a place in the past : gender and the historical novel -- 5. History, national identity, and race : Ola Larsmo's The maroon mountain -- 6. The enlightenment and postcolonialism : Tournier's Friday, Delblanc's Speranza, and Unsworth's Sacred hunger -- 7. Defending the enlightenment : P.O. Enquist's The magnetist's fifth winter and The royal physician's visit -- 8. Digging up the past : the case of Charles XII.