The Postcolonial Historical Novel

H. Dalley

earliest edition we have, 2014 Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 hardcover 226 pages

"The Postcolonial Historical Novel" is the first systematic work to explore how the historical novel shapes understandings of the past in former colonies, and how it has been transformed by its appropriation in these settings. Focusing on contemporary writing from Africa and Australasia, this book challenges conventional understandings of literary realism. It shows how plausibility and verifiability are fundamental t...

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Postcolonial Historical Novel edition · 2014 · Palgrave Macmillan Limited · 9781137450098
The Postcolonial Historical Novel hardcover · 2014 · Palgrave Macmillan · 226 pages · 9781137450081
Postcolonial Historical Novel edition · 2014 · Palgrave Macmillan Limited · 9781349496938

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