Narrating the past : fiction and historiography in postwar Spain / David K. Herzberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzberger, David K.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish fiction.

Literature and history--Spain.

Literature and history.

Historiography--Spain.

Historiography.

Spain--History--20th century--Historiography.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The relationship between fiction and historiography in Francoist Spain (1939-1975) is a contentious one. The intricacies of this relationship, in which fiction works to subvert the regime's authority to write the past, are the focus of David K. Herzberger's book.The narrative and rhetorical strategies of historical discourse figure in both the fiction and historiography of postwar Spain. Herzberger analyzes these strategies, identifying the structures and vocabularies they use to frame the past and endow it with particular meanings. He shows how Francoist historians sought to affirm t

Contents:

Introduction Narrative Intimacies: Fiction and History

1. Co-opting the Past: Historiography in Francoist Spain

2. Social Realism and the Myths of Historical Difference

3. History and the Novel of Memory

4. Narrative Enigmas: History and Fiction in Juan Benet

5. Postmodern Dissidences

6. Ambiguous Conclusions: Writing and Apocalypse, or the Triumph of Fiction

Postscript The Return of History.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177) and index.

ISBN:

9786613062758

9781283062756

1283062755

9780822382416

0822382415

OCLC:

220951196