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Writing history as a prophet [[electronic resource] ] : postmodernist innovations of the historical novel / / Elisabeth Wesseling
| Writing history as a prophet [[electronic resource] ] : postmodernist innovations of the historical novel / / Elisabeth Wesseling |
| Autore | Wesseling Elisabeth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/81 |
| Collana | Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature |
| Soggetto topico | Historical fiction - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-42448-7
9786613424488 90-272-7760-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
WRITING HISTORY AS A PROPHET; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; I. Postmodernism and History; A Revival of Historical Fiction; The Corpus of Postmodernist Historical Fiction; The Delineation of Postmodernism; Postmodernism and Deconstruction; Linda Hutcheon's Poetics of Postmodernism; The Postmodern and the Utopian; Notes; II. Some Theoretical Deliberations About Genre; Genre as a Social Institution; Notes; III. The Classical Model of Historical Fiction; The Emergence of the Historical Novel; The Framing of the Waverley Novels
The Didactic Function of the Historical NovelImitation and Emulation; The Demise of Scott; Notes; IV. Modernist Experiments With the Historical Novel; A Twentieth-Century Perspective on Scott's Shallowness; Historicism Criticized; Historical Fiction and the Questioning of Objective Historical Knowledge; Modernist Innovations of the Historical Novel; The Subjectivization of History; The Transcendence of History; Sef-Reflexivity; Historical Fiction and the Detective Novel; Notes; V. Fiction Historical and Scientific; Science Fiction and the Utopian Mode Utopian Historical Fiction and Nostalgic Science FictionTime-Travelling; Uchronian Fiction; The Parodic Nature of Counterfactual Conjecture; The Political Implications of Uchronian Fiction; Modernist Self-Reflexivity Versus Postmodernist Counterfactual Parody; Notes; VI. Self-Reflexivity in Postmodernist Historical Fiction; The Conventionalization of Self-Reflexivity; Historiography in the Making; The Partiality of Historical Knowledge; The Unreliability of the Sources; Selectivity; Narrativity; Enclaves of Authenticity; History in the Making; Esthetic History; Political History Toward Counterfactual ConjectureNotes; VII. Alternate Histories; Eclecticism; Negational Counterfactual Conjecture; Uchronian Fantasies; History Turned Upside Down; Counterfactual Shifts; Closure; Parody; Coda: ""Gravity's Rainbow; Notes; Conclusion; References; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461828003321 |
Wesseling Elisabeth
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Writing history as a prophet : postmodernist innovations of the historical novel / / Elisabeth Wesseling
| Writing history as a prophet : postmodernist innovations of the historical novel / / Elisabeth Wesseling |
| Autore | Wesseling Elisabeth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/81 |
| Collana | Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature |
| Soggetto topico | Historical fiction - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-283-42448-7
9786613424488 90-272-7760-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
WRITING HISTORY AS A PROPHET; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; I. Postmodernism and History; A Revival of Historical Fiction; The Corpus of Postmodernist Historical Fiction; The Delineation of Postmodernism; Postmodernism and Deconstruction; Linda Hutcheon's Poetics of Postmodernism; The Postmodern and the Utopian; Notes; II. Some Theoretical Deliberations About Genre; Genre as a Social Institution; Notes; III. The Classical Model of Historical Fiction; The Emergence of the Historical Novel; The Framing of the Waverley Novels
The Didactic Function of the Historical Novel; Imitation and Emulation; The Demise of Scott; Notes; IV. Modernist Experiments With the Historical Novel; A Twentieth-Century Perspective on Scott's Shallowness; Historicism Criticized; Historical Fiction and the Questioning of Objective Historical Knowledge; Modernist Innovations of the Historical Novel; The Subjectivization of History; The Transcendence of History; Sef-Reflexivity; Historical Fiction and the Detective Novel; Notes; V. Fiction Historical and Scientific; Science Fiction and the Utopian Mode Utopian Historical Fiction and Nostalgic Science Fiction; Time-Travelling; Uchronian Fiction; The Parodic Nature of Counterfactual Conjecture; The Political Implications of Uchronian Fiction; Modernist Self-Reflexivity Versus Postmodernist Counterfactual Parody; Notes; VI. Self-Reflexivity in Postmodernist Historical Fiction; The Conventionalization of Self-Reflexivity; Historiography in the Making; The Partiality of Historical Knowledge; The Unreliability of the Sources; Selectivity; Narrativity; Enclaves of Authenticity; History in the Making; Esthetic History; Political History Toward Counterfactual Conjecture; Notes; VII. Alternate Histories; Eclecticism; Negational Counterfactual Conjecture; Uchronian Fantasies; History Turned Upside Down; Counterfactual Shifts; Closure; Parody; Coda: ""Gravity's Rainbow; Notes; Conclusion; References; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789876703321 |
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Wesseling Elisabeth
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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