02819oam 22006134a 450 991027234980332120210915044304.00-8014-1877-11-5017-2289-110.7591/9781501722899(CKB)4340000000258213(MiAaPQ)EBC5317520(OCoLC)1057670300(MdBmJHUP)muse67525(WaSeSS)IndRDA00125599(DE-B1597)496545(OCoLC)1028954517(DE-B1597)9781501722899(EXLCZ)99434000000025821319860113d1986 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierTelling the TruthThe Theory and Practice of Documentary Fiction /Barbara FoleyIthaca :Cornell University Press,1986.©1986.1 online resource (273 pages)Includes index.1-5017-2288-3 1-5017-2290-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --PART I: THEORY --PART II: PRACTICE --Conclusion --IndexBarbara Foley here focuses on the relatively neglected genre of documentary fiction: novels that are continually near the borderline between factual and fictive discourse. She links the development of the genre over three centuries to the evolution of capitalism, but her analyses of literary texts depart significantly from those of most current Marxist critics. Foley maintains that Marxist theory has yet to produce a satisfactory theory of mimesis or of the development of genres, and she addresses such key issues as the problem of reference and the nature of generic distinctions. Among the authors whom Foley treats are Defoe, Scott, George Eliot, Joyce, Isherwood, Dos Passos, William Wells Brown, Ishmael Reed, and Ernest Gaines.Marxist criticismNonfiction novelHistory and criticismHistorical fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismReportage literature, AmericanHistory and criticismAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismElectronic books. Marxist criticism.Nonfiction novelHistory and criticism.Historical fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Reportage literature, AmericanHistory and criticism.American fictionHistory and criticism.813/.081/09Foley Barbara1948-901566MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910272349803321Telling the Truth2435528UNINA