In spite of the fact that Wells produced more than fifty widely read and varied novels, he has long been relegated to the back shelf of literature. This first critical study to investigate thoroughly Wells s role as a creative artist provides a reassessment of Wells as a major novelist in the perspective of twentieth-century literature, comparing him with Joyce and James."
In spite of the fact that Wells produced more than fifty widely read and varied novels, he has long been relegated to the back shelf of literature. Th...
Cowart presents a study of international historical fiction since World War II, with reflections on the affinities between historical and fictional narrative, analysis of the basic modes of historical fiction, and readings of a number of historical novels, including John Barth s "The Sot-Weed Factor, "Marguerite Yourcenar s "Memoirs of Hadrian, "Russell Hoban s "Riddley Walker, "Margaret Atwood s "The Handmaid s Tale, "Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa s "The Leopard, "D. M. Thomas s "The White Hotel, "William Faulkner s "Go Down, Moses, "and Umberto Eco s "The Name of the Rose."
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Cowart presents a study of international historical fiction since World War II, with reflections on the affinities between historical and fictional...
