The Postcolonial Historical Novel: Realism, Allegory, and the Representation of Contested Pasts

Dalley, H.

The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349496938

DOI: 10.1057/9781137450098

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 226