History Meets Fiction - 9781138432116

Taylor & Francis

History Meets FictionAuthor(s): Beverley C. Southgate\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138432116, 978-1138432116\nSynopsis\nIs history factual, or just another form of fiction? \nAre there distinct boundaries between the two, or just extensive borderlands? \nHow do novelists represent historians and history? \nThe relationship between history and fiction has always been contentious and sometimes turbulent, not least because the two have traditionally been seen as mutually exclusive opposites. \nHowever, new hybrid forms of writing ? from historical fiction to docudramas to fictionalised biographies ? have led to the blurring of boundaries, and given rise to the claim that history itself is just another form of fiction. \nIn his thought-provoking new book, Beverley Southgate untangles this knotty relationship, setting his discussion in a broad historical and philosophical context. Throughout, Southgate invokes a v.