UID:
almafu_9959677668902883
Format:
1 online resource (198 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-06275-5
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9786613062758
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0-8223-8241-5
Series Statement:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Content:
The relationship between fiction and historiography in Francoist Spain (1939-1975) is a contentious one. The intricacies of this relationship, in which fiction works to subvert the regime's authority to write the past, are the focus of David K. Herzberger's book.The narrative and rhetorical strategies of historical discourse figure in both the fiction and historiography of postwar Spain. Herzberger analyzes these strategies, identifying the structures and vocabularies they use to frame the past and endow it with particular meanings. He shows how Francoist historians sought to affirm t
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction Narrative Intimacies: Fiction and History -- 1. Co-opting the Past: Historiography in Francoist Spain -- 2. Social Realism and the Myths of Historical Difference -- 3. History and the Novel of Memory -- 4. Narrative Enigmas: History and Fiction in Juan Benet -- 5. Postmodern Dissidences -- 6. Ambiguous Conclusions: Writing and Apocalypse, or the Triumph of Fiction -- Postscript The Return of History.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-1582-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-1597-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780822382416
