Creating memory : historical fiction and the English Civil Wars /

This book considers the English Civil Wars and the civil wars in Scotland and Ireland through the lens of historical fiction--primarily fiction for the young. The text argues that the English Civil War lies at the heart of English and Irish political identities and considers how these identities hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mendlesohn, Farah (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Series:	Critical approaches to children's literature.
Subjects:	Historical fiction, English > History and criticism. Children's stories, English > History and criticism. Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649 > Literature and the war. Children's stories, English. Historical fiction, English. War and literature. Great Britain. 1642-1649 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

1. The English Civil War
2. Selecting the Historical Fiction
3. As We Understand History, So We Understand Fiction
4. The Cultural Landscape of the Civil Wars
5. Great Men and Great Battles
6. Men and Women
7. Religion
8. By the Sword Divided
9. The War of the Three Kingdoms
10. The Commonwealth and the Protectorate
11. The Restoration
12. Conclusion.