Narrating the past: historiography, memory and the contemporary novel

In recent years controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing connections between historiography and life-writing, arguing that the challenges posed in representing the past illuminate issues which are central to all literary narrative. ALAN ROBINSON is Professor of English at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland. He has taught at the Universities of Oxford, Lancaster and Cologne and at all the German Swiss universities. INDICE: Preface - Acknowledgements - PART I: HISTORIOGRAPHY AND FICTION - The Narrative Turn in History - The Historical Turn in Fiction - PART II: ISSUES IN PRACTICE - History, Life-Writing and Epistemology - National Stories - Present Pasts in Neo-Victorian Fiction - Gothic Afterlives - After the Event - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23593-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés