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The American biographical novel /

"The American Biographical Novel examines the rise of this genre of fiction, how it engages and historicizes the political, the unique kind of 'truth' it communicates, and how it contributes to our collective understanding of culture and consciousness"--

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Main Authors: Lackey, Michael
Published: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Biographical fiction, American > History and criticism
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism
Truth in literature
History in literature
Politics in literature
Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century
Summary: "The American Biographical Novel examines the rise of this genre of fiction, how it engages and historicizes the political, the unique kind of 'truth' it communicates, and how it contributes to our collective understanding of culture and consciousness"--
Carrier Form: ix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-268) and index.
ISBN: 9781628926330 (paperback) :
1628926333 (paperback)
9781628926347 (hardback)
1628926341 (hardback)
9781628926361 (epdf)
1628926368 (epdf)
9781628926354 (epub)
162892635X (epub)
Index Number: PS374
CLC: I712.074
Call Number: I712.074/L141
Contents: The rise and legitimization of the American biographical novel -- The fictional truth of the biographical novel: the case of Ludwig Wittgenstein -- Surrealism, historical representation, and the biographical novel -- Zora Neale Hurston and the art of political critique in the biblical biographical novel -- Dual temporal truths in the biographical novel -- The biographical novel: a misappropriated life or a truthful fiction?

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