Lee Horsley

Political Fiction and the Historical Imagination (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This study gives insights into the process of "imagining history" and argues the case for a humanistic approach. It shows how writers have brought alive in their work an individual struggle to comprehend some of the most important political phenomena to the 2Oth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 1990
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349110551
• Artikelnr.: 45967927

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 "The end of clear thinking and the triumph of irrationalism" - British fiction, 1910-1940: Collingwood and Waugh - the philosopher's detective and Boot of the "Beast"; irony as historical realism - "Under Western Eyes"; jumping overboard - Lawrence, "Kangaroo", and the retreat from history. Part 2 All the king's and president's men - political intellectuals in post-war America: tragic knowledge and "The Earned Redemption" - the history lesson of "All the King's Men"; Watergate and after - the good, the bad and the "Good as Gold".