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Critical Insights: Historical Fiction

Editor: Virginia Brackett, Park University, Missouri
January 2018

Tags: 4 Critical Context Essays11 Critical Reading EssaysCurrent Critical Analysis by Top Literary ScholarsIntroductory Essay by the EditorChronology of Author's LifeComplete List of Author's WorksPublication Dates of WorksDetailed Bio of the EditorGeneral BibliographySubject Index

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This volume encourages readers to engage with plots based on historical events and characters in several ways. They may re-imagine history in cases where it is reconstructed; become better acquainted with history as it is personalized through specific characters; and, perhaps most importantly, even question historical fact. This volume considers fiction drawn from fact and the implications of interpreting and reinterpreting historical events.

In combination this volume’s chapters open wide a door to discussion of the importance and the joy of historical fiction for readers at all levels. They also invite readers to compare fictional presentations of “true” events and persons to that of traditionally understood historical narratives. Such consideration may result in a
clearer understanding of the nature of historical fiction on the part of readers and writers alike.

Critical Contexts
Readers will be introduced to concepts in historical fiction by the first four essays, all of which focus on Critical Context through exploration of historical nonfiction’s background, its critical reception, its view through a select critical lens, and via comparative analysis.

Critical Readings
Readers seeking a deeper understanding of the theme can then move on to other essays that explore it in depth through a variety of critical approaches. Some of the chapters challenge the audience’s concept of historical fiction and its effect on readers.

Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of "Works Cited," along with endnotes.

Resources

  • Additional Works on
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • About the Editor
  • Index

The design of this novel will satisfy the needs of the scholar and the nonscholar, teachers, parents, and common readers.

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“ "This book helps to explain the differences between real history and historical fiction for young readers, and thus is an essential book for teachers in middle to high school education."
Critical Insights: Historical Fiction

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