The contemporary British historical novel: representation, nation, empire

Boccardi, Mariadele

Abstract

This is the first full-length study of a genre that has had increasing critical attention and popular appeal at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book combines a contextual and theoretical framework for the success of historical fiction in Britain in the last forty years with detailed analysis of a small number of works. I discuss the contemporary British historical novel in relation to questions of national identity in the aftermath of the loss of empire and as a complex representative of postmodernism.

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: Jun 25, 2009
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• ISBN: 978-0-230-20007-4
• Keywords: British historical novels, representation, nation, empire, historical fiction, national identity
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/995011
• Publisher URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=283960