01730    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001600136072001400152072002100166072002100187072001700208100002600225245002600251250000600277260003200283300001000315520113600325999001501461140822012120250317100402.0250312042009GB                   eng    a9781408220122  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 37.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aNHAH2thema7 aHBAH2bic7 aHIS0160002bisac7 aHIS0000002bisac7 a907.22bisac1 aBeverley C. Southgate10aHistory Meets Fiction  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20091015  a240 p  bIs history factual, or just another form of fiction? Are there distinct boundaries between the two, or just extensive borderlands? How do novelists represent historians and history? The relationship between history and fiction has always been contentious and sometimes turbulent, not least because the two have traditionally been seen as mutually exclusive opposites. However, new hybrid forms of writing – from historical fiction to docudramas to fictionalised biographies – have led to the blurring of boundaries, and given rise to the claim that history itself is just another form of fiction. In his thought-provoking new book, Beverley Southgate untangles this knotty relationship, setting his discussion in a broad historical and philosophical context. Throughout, Southgate invokes a variety of writers to illuminate his arguments, from Dickens and Proust, through Virginia Woolf and Daphne du Maurier, to such contemporary novelists as Tim O’Brien, Penelope Lively, and Graham Swift. Anyone interested in the many meeting points between history and fiction will find this an engaging, accessible and stimulating read.  c1378d1378