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

By Hamish Dalley

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349496936
• ISBN13: 9781349496938
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"