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Author: Alexander Lyon Macfie
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780415723015
ISBN 10: 0415723019
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 29 July 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'In a historicized world conscious of having an historical consciousness historicization far exceeds its purely academic practice. The Fiction of History explores this cognitive situation through both theoretical reflections and studies of particular authors and media to show that contemporary theories of language and narrative, allied with historical fiction, have produced new types of historicization. The Fiction of History, therefore, offers an indispensable perspective on the current state of history.' - Martin L. Davies, University of Leicester, UK
'In a historicized world conscious of having an historical consciousness historicization far exceeds its purely academic practice. The Fiction of History explores this cognitive situation through both theoretical reflections and studies of particular authors and media to show that contemporary theories of language and narrative, allied with historical fiction, have produced new types of historicization. The Fiction of History, therefore, offers an indispensable perspective on the current state of history.' - Martin L. Davies, University of Leicester, UK 'Each of these essays examines the distinct capaci-ties and ends of history and of literature or film in repre-sentation of the past: from empirical accuracy and legal significance to ethical intervention and aesthetic effect... the book presents an interesting and valuable collection of analyses of the differing capacities of literary, filmic, and historical accounts of historical events.' - Kevin M. F. Platt, University of Pennsylvania, American Historical Review
'In a historicized world conscious of having an historical consciousness historicization far exceeds its purely academic practice. The Fiction of History explores this cognitive situation through both theoretical reflections and studies of particular authors and media to show that contemporary theories of language and narrative, allied with historical fiction, have produced new types of historicization. The Fiction of History, therefore, offers an indispensable perspective on the current state of history.' - Martin L. Davies, University of Leicester, UK 'In a historicized world conscious of having an historical consciousness historicization far exceeds its purely academic practice. The Fiction of History explores this cognitive situation through both theoretical reflections and studies of particular authors and media to show that contemporary theories of language and narrative, allied with historical fiction, have produced new types of historicization. The Fiction of History, therefore, offers an indispensable perspective on the current state of history.' - Martin L. Davies, University of Leicester, UK 'Each of these essays examines the distinct capaci-ties and ends of history and of literature or film in repre-sentation of the past: from empirical accuracy and legal significance to ethical intervention and aesthetic effect... the book presents an interesting and valuable collection of analyses of the differing capacities of literary, filmic, and historical accounts of historical events.' - Kevin M. F. Platt, University of Pennsylvania, American Historical Review
