Fictional and historical worlds / Jonathan Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart, Jonathan Locke, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 264 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2012]

Summary:

Each with their own logic, fictional and historical worlds provide different ways to view reality. This book is about those worlds, past and present, and it concentrates on literature and history as two of the keys to culture. Underneath a dazzling variety of topics is a concern for how the world and fictions of the world are framed, how authors and readers interact in representation and interpretation, how translation is a key to knowledge and empire, and communication across ages. Book jacket.

Contents:

Possible and fictional worlds

The author makes a come back

Recognizing otherness and comparison

Translating the new world

Alternative critique

Continental European empires

Education and imagination

Realism and comedy

History

Culture, recognition and poetry

Shakespeare past and present

Bunyan's apology for his progress.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230340695

0230340695

OCLC:

744287316