Biofiction : an introduction /: an introduction. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Lackey.
• Authors: Lackey, Michael
• Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction I. The Nineteenth Century Origins The Art of Agential Living Portraits of Whom? Figure One Figure Two II. Literature, Cultural Critique, and Political Liberation Biofiction as Social Critique The Irish, the Unslave Trade, and the Decolonization of the Mind The 1930s and the First Surge in Biofiction III. Literary Debates The Assault on Biofiction The William Styron Controversy Postmodernism’s Historiographic Metafiction or Biofiction’s "Truth" Proposals? John Edgar Wideman on the Ethics of Fictionalizing a Life in Biofiction IV. The Uncanny Power of Biofiction Biofiction as Cultural Intervention: The Case of Sally Hemings The 1990s: The Decade of Biofiction’s Official Legitimization and Dominance The Transformative Powers of Biofiction for Students: A Case Study of David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 809.382; Biographical fiction -- History and criticism; Characters and characteristics in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000399721; 9781000399684; 9781003159414
• Related ISBNs: 9780367747657; 9780367747633
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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