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 impact has not been uniform throughout Western culture. Historical novels from England, America, Germany, and France are compared and contrasted…mehr
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 impact has not been uniform throughout Western culture. Historical novels from England, America, Germany, and France are compared and contrasted with historical novels from Sweden, testing a variety of theoretical perspectives in the process.
Susan Brantly is Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
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CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Historical Metaphors on the Postmodern Palette Chapter Two: Nation Building and the Need for Authenticity: Per Anders Fogelström's Stockholm Series Chapter Three: Playing with Historical Conventions: P.C. Jersild's Return of the Geniuses Chapter Four: Imagining a Place in the Past: Gender and the Historical Novel Chapter Five: History, National Identity, and Race: Ola Larsmo's The Maroon Mountain Chapter Six: The Enlightenment and Postcolonialism: Tournier's Friday, Delblanc's Speranza, and Unsworth's Sacred Hunger Chapter Seven: Defending the Enlightenment: P.O. Enquist's Magnetist's Fifth Winter and The Royal Physician's Visit Chapter Eight: Digging up the Past: The Case of Charles XII Bibliography Index
CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Historical Metaphors on the Postmodern Palette Chapter Two: Nation Building and the Need for Authenticity: Per Anders Fogelström's Stockholm Series Chapter Three: Playing with Historical Conventions: P.C. Jersild's Return of the Geniuses Chapter Four: Imagining a Place in the Past: Gender and the Historical Novel Chapter Five: History, National Identity, and Race: Ola Larsmo's The Maroon Mountain Chapter Six: The Enlightenment and Postcolonialism: Tournier's Friday, Delblanc's Speranza, and Unsworth's Sacred Hunger Chapter Seven: Defending the Enlightenment: P.O. Enquist's Magnetist's Fifth Winter and The Royal Physician's Visit Chapter Eight: Digging up the Past: The Case of Charles XII Bibliography Index
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