Telling the Truth : the Theory and Practice of Documentary Fiction.

Barbara Foley here focuses on the relatively neglected genre of documentary fiction: novels that are continually near the borderline between factual and fictive discourse. She links the development of the genre over three centuries to the evolution of capitalism, but her analyses of literary texts d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foley, Barbara C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Reportage literature, American > History and criticism.
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism.
Nonfiction novel > History and criticism.
Marxist criticism.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature de reportage américaine > Histoire et critique.
Roman documentaire > Histoire et critique.
Critique marxiste.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Historical fiction, American
Marxist criticism
Nonfiction novel
Reportage literature, American
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Telling the Truth; Contents; Preface; Part I: Theory; 1. The Documentary Novel and the Problem of Borders; 2. The Mimetic Contract and the Problem of Assertion; 3. Mimesis, Cognition, and the Problem of the Referent; 4. Mimesis, Cognition, and the Problem of the Subject; Part II: Practice; 5. The Pseudofactual Novel; 6. The Historical Novel; 7. The Modernist Documentary Novel; 8. The Afro-American Documentary Novel; Conclusion; Index.

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