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UNINA9910484361603321 |
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Autore |
Mendlesohn Farah |
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Titolo |
Creating Memory : Historical Fiction and the English Civil Wars / / by Farah Mendlesohn |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2020.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XXII, 315 p. 2 illus.) |
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Collana |
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Critical Approaches to Children's Literature, , 2753-0833 |
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Soggetti |
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Children's literature |
Literature - History and criticism |
Literature |
European literature |
Europe - History |
Children's Literature |
Literary History |
European Literature |
European History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. The English Civil War -- 2. Selecting the Historical Fiction -- 3. As We Understand History, So We Understand Fiction -- 4. The Cultural Landscape of the Civil Wars -- 5. Great Men and Great Battles -- 6. Men and Women -- 7. Religion -- 8. By the Sword Divided -- 9. The War of the Three Kingdoms -- 10. The Commonwealth and the Protectorate -- 11. The Restoration -- 12. Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book considers the English Civil Wars and the civil wars in Scotland and Ireland through the lens of historical fiction-primarily fiction for the young. The text argues that the English Civil War lies at the heart of English and Irish political identities and considers how these identities have been shaped over the past three centuries in part by the children's |
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