Writing Backwards
Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon
1st Edition
Published on 20. November 2023
352 pages
978-0-231-55882-2 (ISBN)
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Writing Backwards explores what the dominance of historical fiction in the contemporary canon reveals about American literary culture.
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Alexander Manshel is an assistant professor of English at McGill University.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Contemporary Fiction in Reverse
2. The Making of the Greatest Generation
3. Colson Whitehead's History of the United States
4. Reading the Family Tree
5. The Rise of the Recent Historical Novel
Coda: Excavating the Present
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Introduction
1. Contemporary Fiction in Reverse
2. The Making of the Greatest Generation
3. Colson Whitehead's History of the United States
4. Reading the Family Tree
5. The Rise of the Recent Historical Novel
Coda: Excavating the Present
Notes
Works Cited
Index
