LEADER 05417nam 2200817 450 001 9910791148003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-6093-8 010 $a0-691-60525-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400860937 035 $a(CKB)2550000001340554 035 $a(EBL)1700481 035 $a(OCoLC)884013084 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001378216 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11816886 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001378216 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11340566 035 $a(PQKB)10618963 035 $a(OCoLC)762261684 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse40680 035 $a(DE-B1597)447439 035 $a(OCoLC)1013950298 035 $a(OCoLC)922699846 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400860937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1700481 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10900194 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL633234 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1700481 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001340554 100 $a19890810h19901990 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTraces of another time $ehistory and politics in postwar British fiction /$fMargaret Scanlan 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[1990] 210 4$dİ1990 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 0 $aPrinceton legacy library 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-06824-0 311 $a1-322-01983-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART ONE: Troubles in Ireland -- $tCHAPTER ONE. Iris Murdoch's The Red and the Green -- $tCHAPTER TWO. Elizabeth Bowen's The Last September and J. G. Farrell's Troubles -- $tCHAPTER THREE. Northern Ireland in Four Contemporary Novels -- $tPART TWO: Losing Confidence: Spies and Other Aliens -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. Philby and His Fictions -- $tCHAPTER FIVE. Iris Murdoch's Nuns and Soldiers -- $tPART THREE: Apocalypse -- $tCHAPTER SIX. Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN. Doris Lessing's Children of Violence -- $tCHAPTER EIGHT. Anthony Burgess's The End of the World News -- $tAfterword -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIs the historical novel the outmoded genre that some people imagine--form inseparable from romanticism, nationalism, and the nineteenth century? In this stimulating volume, Margaret Scanlan answers a convincing "no," as she demonstrates the relevance of historical novels by well-known figures such as Anthony Burgess, John le Carr, Graham Greene, Doris Lessing, Iris Murdoch, and Paul Scott, as well as by less well established writers such as Joseph Hone and Thomas Kilroy. Scanlan shows what a skeptical, experimental approach to the relationship between history and fiction these writers adopt and how radically they depart from the mimetic conventions usually associated with historical novels. Drawing on contemporary historiography and literary theory, Scanlan defines the problem of writing historical fiction at a time when people see the subject of history as fragmentary and uncertain. The writers she discusses avoid the great events of history to concentrate on its margins: what interests them is history as it is experienced, usually reluctantly, by human beings who would rather be doing something else. The first section of the book looks at fictional representations of England's difficult history in Ireland; the second examines spies, aliens, and the loss of public confidence; and the third probes the theme of Apocalypse, nuclear or otherwise, and depicts the collapse of the British Empire as an instance of the greatly diminished importance of Western culture in the world.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. 410 0$aPrinceton Legacy Library 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistorical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPolitical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGreat Britain$xInfluence 606 $aNorthern Ireland in literature 606 $aIreland in literature 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xIn literature 607 $aIreland$xIn literature 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistorical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPolitical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xInfluence. 615 0$aNorthern Ireland in literature. 615 0$aIreland in literature. 676 $a823/.91409358 700 $aScanlan$b Margaret$f1944-$01530059 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791148003321 996 $aTraces of another time$93774799 997 $aUNINA