In my first post on the topic of a history of historical fiction I asked where should such a history begin? I thought perhaps a definition of the term historical fiction? While useful such definitions could only get me so far. Then I thought that such a study...
Simon Schama’s Dead Certainties (1991)It would seem that the ideas of postmodernism fit the historical fiction model well and has helped to reinvigorate it as a genre and as a place where some historians feel comfortable (to an extent) exploring. In a rather...
POST 13: Novel Approaches: Postmodernism and historical fiction part 1‘At the core of culture is a continuous dialogue between myth and history, “plain invention” and the “core of historical fact”’ (Slotkin, 229). This quote from Richard Slotkin’s 2005 article...
The Musketeers Male historical fiction takes a very different form than that intended for a female audience: adventure, warfare, murder mysteries. For the most part this form of historical fiction repeatedly tests the protagonist (usually male) before he is awarded...
The Evolution of the web is an amazing graphic timeline that should answer all questions about the web techologies. The colour bands visualise the interaction between web technologies and browsers showing the powerful web apps available. By clicking on the tabs you...
Example of Mills & Boons Historical fictionIn the twentieth century the historical novel tended to split its readership between male and female readers. The gendering of historical fiction came before the rise of gender history and although there is a risk here...
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