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Creating memory : historical fiction and the English Civil Wars / Farah Mendlesohn.

Author/creator Mendlesohn, Farah author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Description1 volume ; 21 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Critical approaches to children's literature
Critical approaches to children's literature. ^A1108510
Contents 1. The English Civil War -- 2. Selecting the Historical Fiction -- 3. As We Understand History, So We Understand Fiction -- 4. The Cultural Landscape of the Civil Wars -- 5. Great Men and Great Battles -- 6. Men and Women -- 7. Religion -- 8. By the Sword Divided -- 9. The War of the Three Kingdoms -- 10. The Commonwealth and the Protectorate -- 11. The Restoration -- 12. Conclusion.
Abstract This book considers the English Civil Wars and the civil wars in Scotland and Ireland through the lens of historical fiction--primarily fiction for the young. The text argues that the English Civil War lies at the heart of English and Irish political identities and considers how these identities have been shaped over the past three centuries in part by the childrens literature that has influenced the popular memory of the English Civil War. Examining nearly two hundred works of historical fiction, Farah Mendlesohn reveals the delicate interplay between fiction and history.
Issued in other formebook version : 9783030545376
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
ISBN9783030545369
ISBN3030545369

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