Telling the Truth : The Theory and Practice of Documentary Fiction / / Barbara Foley

• Autore: Foley Barbara <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1986; ©1986
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 pages)
• Disciplina: 813/.081/09
• Soggetto topico: Marxist criticism; Nonfiction novel - History and criticism; Historical fiction, American - History and criticism; Reportage literature, American - History and criticism; American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: THEORY -- PART II: PRACTICE -- Conclusion -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Barbara 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Telling the Truth
• ISBN: 0-8014-1877-1; 1-5017-2289-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910272349803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II