| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: THEORY -- PART II: PRACTICE -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Documentary novels in English, to 1985 - Critical studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Reportage literature, American -- History and criticism
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Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Nonfiction novel -- History and criticism
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Marxist criticism.
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Nonfiction novel.
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Historical fiction, American -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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American fiction
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Historical fiction, American
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Marxist criticism
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Nonfiction novel
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Reportage literature, American
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Documentaire literatuur.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1501722891 |
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9781501722899 |
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9781501722882 |
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1501722883 |
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1501722905 |
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9781501722905 |
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