{"product_id":"imagining-ancient-women-henry-kreisel-memorial-lecture-series-9780888646293","title":"IMAGINING ANCIENT WOMEN Henry Kreisel Memorial","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLyon discusses the process of creating believable characters of historical fiction; in particular, ancient Greek women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Imagining Ancient Women] lays out the processes of researching historical sources for useable material in creating believable characters, backgrounds, scenarios, and stories that contemporary readers can readily relate to. Informed, informative, insightful, scholarly, 'reader friendly', of immense and immediate practical value, Imagining Ancient Women is highly recommended for personal, professional, academic, and community library Literary Studies and Writer Reference collections and supplemental reading lists.\" Wisconsin Bookwatch, May 2012 \"[This public lecture] gives first-person insight into the golden aura of fiction, the place where reality is transformed and enhanced by visceral imagination... Her first-person approach to history with human perspective gives empirical reality to her characters, male and female, living in the moment. Her Kreisel lecture not only provides insight into her process, but is a valuable primer on writing real history through the telling of personal stories.\" Linda Rogers, The Malahat Review, Winter 2012","brand":"University of Alberta Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884963049815,"sku":"9780888646293","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780888646293.jpg?v=1722534259","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imagining-ancient-women-henry-kreisel-memorial-lecture-series-9780888646293","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}