Telling the Truth : The Theory and Practice of Documentary Fiction /

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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
Autor principal: Foley, Barbara, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1986.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Documentaire literatuur.
Reportage literature, American.
Nonfiction novel.
Marxist criticism.
Historical fiction, American.
American fiction.
Roman documentaire > Histoire et critique.
Litterature de reportage americaine > Histoire et critique.
Roman historique americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Critique marxiste.
Roman documentaire.
Historical fiction, American > 20th century > History and criticism.
Nonfiction novel > History and criticism.
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism.
Reportage literature, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 depart significantly from those of most current Marxist critics. Foley maintains that Marxist theory has yet to produce a satisfactory theory of mimesis or of the development of genres, and she addresses such key issues as the problem of reference and the nature of generic distinctions. Among the authors whom Foley treats are Defoe, Scott, George Eliot, Joyce, Isherwood, Dos Passos, William Wells Brown, Ishmael Reed, and Ernest Gaines.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9781501722905
Acceso:Open Access

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