The Historical Novel, Transnationalism, and the Postmodern Era: Presenting the Past

by Susan Brantly

Book Overview

This book explores the genre of the historical novel and the variety of ways in which writers choose to represent the past, demonstrating how histories can communicate across national borders, often by invoking or deconstructing the very notion of nationhood. It traces how concerns of the postmodern era such as critiques of historiography, colonialism, identity, and the Enlightenment, have impacted the genre of the historical novel, and shows this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138230251
• ISBN13: 9781138230255
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"