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From the Civil War to the Apocalypse: Postmodern History and American Fiction
Timothy Parrish
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Paperback. Why don't we read novels as if they were histories and histories as if they were novels? Postmodern theorists have argued that since history is a narrative art, it must be understood as a form of narrative representation analogous to fiction. This work reconsiders the relationship between history and fiction in the context of postmodernism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBAH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
This is a reconsideration of the relationship between history and fiction in the context of postmodernism. Why don't we read novels as if they were histories and histories as if they were novels? Recent postmodern theorists such as Hayden White and Linda Hutcheon have argued that since history is a narrative art, it must be understood as a form of narrative representation analogous to fiction. Yet, contrary to the fears of some historians, such arguments have not undermined the practice of history as a meaningful enterprise so much as they have highlighted the appeal history has as a narrative craft. ... Read more
This is a reconsideration of the relationship between history and fiction in the context of postmodernism. Why don't we read novels as if they were histories and histories as if they were novels? Recent postmodern theorists such as Hayden White and Linda Hutcheon have argued that since history is a narrative art, it must be understood as a form of narrative representation analogous to fiction. Yet, contrary to the fears of some historians, such arguments have not undermined the practice of history as a meaningful enterprise so much as they have highlighted the appeal history has as a narrative craft. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558496279
SKU
V9781558496279
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About Timothy Parrish
TIMOTHY PARRISH is associate professor of English at Texas Christian University and author of Walking Blues: Making Americans from Emerson to Elvis (University of Massachusetts Press, 2001).
Reviews for From the Civil War to the Apocalypse: Postmodern History and American Fiction
The strength of this book is the author's lucid prose and his individual readings, which are generally excellent, consistently illuminating (Libra, Democracy, Mason & Dixon), occasionally challenging of critical orthodoxy (Absalom, Absalom and, to some extent, Blood Meridian), or ground-breaking (Fiskadoro).... The book also has the potential to intervene in some of the more vigorous debates currently taking place across ... Read more