Possible Worlds Theory and Counterfactual Historical Fiction. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Riyukta Raghunath.
• Authors: Raghunath, Riyukta
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: The Genre of Counterfactual Historical Fiction.- Chapter 2: Possible Worlds Theory: History, Approaches, and its Relevance to Counterfactual Historical Fiction.- Chapter 3: New Additions to Possible Worlds Theory: Reader Knowledge Worlds, Ontological Superimposition, and Reciprocal Feedback.- Chapter 4: Redefining Counterpart Theory and Transworld Identity.- Chapter 5: The Complex and Mixed Ontology of Fatherland.- Chapter 6: The Dystopian Counterfactual World and Unreliable Narration in The Sound of his Horn.- Chapter 7: Multiple Textual Actual Worlds and Contradictions in Making History.- Chapter 8: Conclusion and Future Recommendations.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: Linguistics; Cognitive grammar; Fiction; Fiction -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; History -- Military -- World War II; Fiction & related items; Semantics, discourse analysis, etc; Second World War; Linguistics; Language and languages--Style; World War, 1939-1945
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030534523
• Related ISBNs: 9783030534516
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