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The Historical Novel: An Essay

By Herbert Butterfield
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By Herbert Butterfield
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Rediscover the power of storytelling that shapes our past and our understanding of it. In The Historical Novel: An Essay, Herbert Butterfield offers a clear, provocative exploration of the delicate dance between history and imagination. This seminal Herbert Butterfield essay probes how novelists reconstruct the past, balancing factual fidelity with moral and narrative truth. Butterfield maps the strengths and pitfalls of historical fiction, from the grand reconstructions of Walter Scott to ...

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LiteratureLiterary CriticismGenres & Literary FormsHistorical Fiction - Literary Criticism