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History meets fiction

Paperback • 2009 • English

History meets fiction

By Beverley Southgate

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About the book

Is history factual, or just another form of fiction? Are there distinct boundaries between the two, or just extensive borderlands? How do novelists represent historians and history? The relationship between history and fiction has always been contentious and sometimes turbulent, not least because the two have traditionally been seen as mutually exclusive opposites. However, new hybrid forms of writing - from historical fiction to docudramas to fictionalised biographies - have led to the blur...Show more

History and Archaeology

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ISBN

9781408220122

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

History meets fiction

Format

Paperback

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