{"product_id":"the-historical-novel-9780415426626","title":"The Historical Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In this comprehensive, focused guide, Jerome de Groot offers an accessible introduction to the genre and critical debates that surround it, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe development of the historical novel from early eighteenth-century works through to postmodern and contemporary historical fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edifferent genres, such as sensational or low' fiction, crime novels, literary works, counterfactual writing and related issues of audience, value, and authenticity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe many functions of historical fiction, particularly the challenges it poses to accepted histories and postmodern questioning of grand narratives'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe relationship of the historical novel to the wider cultural sphere with reference to historical theory, the internet, television, and film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ekey theoretical concepts such as t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1. 'Origins': early manifestations and some definitions 2. 'Low' genre or sensational novels 3. High or Literary Fiction 4. Postmodernism and the Historical Novel 5. Challenging History History from the margins: colonial, sexual Glossary Further Reading\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018145366359,"sku":"9780415426626","price":24.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415426626.jpg?v=1750775786","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-historical-novel-9780415426626","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}