{"product_id":"9781408220122","title":"History Meets Fiction (History: Concepts,theories and Practice)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs history factual, or just another form of fiction?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAre there distinct boundaries between the two, or just extensive borderlands?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow do novelists represent historians and history?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between history and fiction has always been contentious and sometimes turbulent, not least because the two have traditionally been seen as mutually exclusive opposites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, new hybrid forms of writing - from historical fiction to docudramas to fictionalised biographies - have led to the blurring of boundaries, and given rise to the claim that history itself is just another form of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his thought-provoking new book, Beverley Southgate untangles this knotty relationship, setting his discussion in a broad historical and philosophical context. Throughout, Southgate invokes a variety of writers to illuminate his arguments, from Dickens and Proust, through Virginia Woolf and Daphne du Maurier, to such contemporary novelists as Tim O'Brien, Penelope Lively, and Graham Swift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone interested in the many meeting points between history and fiction will find this an engaging, accessible and stimulating read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45500134555727,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":2030.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/en\/products\/9781408220122","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}