The American biographical novel /

"Before the 1970s, there were only a few acclaimed biographical novels. But starting in the 1980s, there was a veritable explosion of this genre of fiction, leading to the publication of spectacular biographical novels about figures as varied as Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Friedrich N...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lackey, Michael (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Subjects:	Biographical fiction, American > History and criticism. Historical fiction, American > History and criticism. Truth in literature. History in literature. Politics in literature. Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century. Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. Biographical fiction, American. Historical fiction, American. Literature and history. Literature and society. United States. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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Table of Contents:

The Rise and Legitimization of the American Biographical Novel
The Fictional Truth of the Biographical Novel: The Case of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Surrealism, Historical Representation, and the Biographical Novel
Zora Neale Hurston and the Art of Political Critique in the Biblical Biographical Novel
Dual Temporal Truths in the Biographical novel
The Biographical Novel: A Misappropriated Life or a Truthful Fiction?.