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History and Fiction

Writers, their Research, Worlds and Stories
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Description

This book explores the nature of the author's relationship with history and fiction as well as the role history plays in fiction. Focusing on genre fiction, this study considers key issues in the relationship between history and fiction, such as how writers incorporate historical research and how they build worlds based in history.

Product Details

PublisherPeter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Publish DateOctober 30, 2020
Pages192
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781800790889
Dimensions9.0 X 6.0 X 0.4 inches | 0.6 pounds

About the Author

Gillian Polack is a writer, editor, historian and critic based at the Australian National University. Her main research interests are cultural development and transmission in both the Middle Ages and the contemporary period. She has published several novels and seventeen short stories and has edited two anthologies. One of her stories won a Victorian Ministry of the Arts award and three more have been listed as recommended reading in the international lists of world's best fantasy and science fiction short stories. Her non-fiction includes work on historiography, the Middle Ages, Arthurian studies and literature.

Reviews

This study will be an essential read for genre scholars, but the accessible writing style extends its appeal beyond academic circles. Historical novelists can consult it for deeper insight into their own writing and research choices, while anyone curious about how authors bring the past to life through fiction will come away with considerable knowledge of what goes into the crafting of the novels they enjoy
(Sarah Johnson, Historical Novels Review November 2016)

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