James Ellroy as historical novelist
J Walker - History Workshop Journal, 2002 - academic.oup.com
James Ellroy is one of the most popular (and possibly one of the most controversial)
historical novelists writing today. This article suggests some ways in which historians might
approach Ellroy's novels and some useful points of reference, whilst an accompanying
interview gives Ellroy the chance to repond to the author's ideas. How does Ellroy
understand history and his relation to it as a novelist? How does his vision and practice
relate to and differ from the work of academic historians? And, more specifically, what are …
historical novelists writing today. This article suggests some ways in which historians might
approach Ellroy's novels and some useful points of reference, whilst an accompanying
interview gives Ellroy the chance to repond to the author's ideas. How does Ellroy
understand history and his relation to it as a novelist? How does his vision and practice
relate to and differ from the work of academic historians? And, more specifically, what are …
[CITATION][C] Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877): Portugal's prime historian and historical novelist
H Bernstein - 1983 - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian …
[CITATION][C] Fact and fiction: Problems of the historical novelist
JW Tebbel - 1962 - Historical Society of Michigan
Dickens as a Historical Novelist
G Spence - Dickensian, 1976 - search.proquest.com
IN soME places in Barnaby Rudge Dickens emphasizes the distance between the period
that the novel presents and the period in which it was written. In chapter 16, for example, he
introduces his description of London with a remark on the great change that had taken place
in the appearance of the capital in little more than half a century. On reading, in chapter 49,
that the growth of the London mob “was fostered by bad criminal laws, bad prison
regulations, and the worst conceivable police”, the author's contemporaries must have been …
that the novel presents and the period in which it was written. In chapter 16, for example, he
introduces his description of London with a remark on the great change that had taken place
in the appearance of the capital in little more than half a century. On reading, in chapter 49,
that the growth of the London mob “was fostered by bad criminal laws, bad prison
regulations, and the worst conceivable police”, the author's contemporaries must have been …