Remaking History: The Past in Contemporary Historical Fictions

by Jerome De Groot Dr and Jerome de Groot

Remaking History considers the ways that historical fictions of all kinds enable a complex engagement with the past. Popular historical texts including films, television and novels, along with cultural phenomena such as superheroes and vampires, broker relationships to 'history', while also enabling audiences to understand the ways in which the past is written, structured and ordered.

Jerome de Groot uses examples from contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041585878X
• ISBN13: 9780415858786
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"