| Conversations with Biographical Novelists: Truthful Fictions Across the Globe Contributor(s): Lackey, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501341456 ISBN-13: 9781501341458 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 21st Century - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 809.382 |
| LCCN: 2018038762 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How does a writer approach a novel about a real person? In this new collection of interviews, authors such as Emma Donoghue, David Ebershoff, David Lodge, Colum McCann, Colm T ib n, and Olga Tokarczuk sit down with literary scholars to discuss the relationship of history, truth, and fiction. Taken together, these conversations clarify how the biographical novel encourages cross-cultural dialogue, promotes new ways of thinking about history, politics, and social justice, and allows us to journey into the interior world of influential and remarkable people. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lackey, Michael: - Michael Lackey is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, USA. He is the author of The Modernist God State: A Literary Study of the Nazis' Christian Reich (2012), and African American Atheists and Political Liberation: A Study of the Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Faith, which won the Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title in 2008. He is also the editor of The Haverford Discussions: A Black Integrationist Manifesto for Racial Justice (2013). |