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Author:   Chris Green
Publisher:   Sidestone Press
Imprint:   Sidestone Press
ISBN:  

9789464280333

ISBN 10:   9464280336
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   15 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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1 Introduction 1.1 Stories of the Past 1.2 History and Fiction 1.3 Beyond the Novel 1.4 A Fiction ‘Process’ 1.5 Overall Structure   2 The Literary Tourism Process 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Thomas Hardy – Wessex and Dorset 2.3 Jane Austen – Interpretation through Association 2.4 Conclusion: Literary Tourism and the Classic Fiction Process Model   3 The Adaptation Process 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The ‘Classic’ Novel Canon and Film and TV adaptations 3.3 Far from the Madding Crowd – Recreating Wessex 3.4 North and South – Consumer Perceptions of Milton 3.5 Conclusion: Adaptation and the Classic Fiction Process Model   4 The Critical Process 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Thomas Hardy and the London Critics 4.3 Elizabeth Gaskell and William Rathbone Greg 4.4 Conclusion: Criticism and the Classic Fiction Process Model   5 The Writing Process 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Jane Austen and Hampshire 5.3 Elizabeth Gaskell and Manchester 5.4 Conclusion: Writing and the Classic Fiction Process Model   6 J.B. Priestley’s The Good Companions – Discerning History 6.1 Introduction 6.2 J.B. Priestley and The Good Companions 6.3 Mind Mapping the World of The Good Companions 6.3.1 Mind Maps as a technique 6.3.2 Mind Mapping – Analysis and Summary 6.4 Textual Interpretation of the Yorkshire of The Good Companions 6.4.1 Interpretive Footnotes as a technique 6.4.2 Textual interpretation – Analysis and Summary 6.5 Analysing Adaptations of the World of The Good Companions 6.5.1 The Good Companions on Film 6.5.2 Comparing adaptations – Faithfulness to the Novel 6.5.3 Comparing Adaptations – Faithfulness to the Period 6.5.4 Comparing Adaptations – Summary 6.6 Visiting Priestley’s World 6.6.1 Priestley and Bradford 6.6.2 Visiting the Bradford of The Good Companions and Bright Day 6.6.3 Visiting Priestley’s World – Summary 6.7 Conclusion: The Good Companions as a Historical Resource   7 Stories of the Past: Conclusions

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Dr Chris Green is currently Honorary Visiting Research Associate in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Chester. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Chester in March 2020, studying the uses of novels as resources for the study of History, having obtained his MA from the same institution in 2006. Following his BA in Geography in 1976, he worked for many years in the Information Technology industry. He is about to start work on a history of Manchester’s Hallé Choir, of which he is a member. He lives in Chester.

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