Genealogical Fictions: Cultural Periphery and Historical Change in the Modern Novel

Explores the enduring link between national space and genealogy in the modern novel.

Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL

Taking its cue from recent theories of literary geography and fiction, Genealogical Fictions argues that narratives of familial decline shape the history of the modern novel, as well as the novel’s relationship to history. Stories of families in crisis, Jobst Welge argues, reflect the experience of historical and social change in regions or na...