1st Edition
The Historical Novel, Transnationalism, and the Postmodern Era Presenting the Past
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Historical Metaphors on the Postmodern Palette
Chapter Two: Nation Building and the Need for Authenticity: Per Anders Fogelström’s Stockholm Series
Chapter Three: Playing with Historical Conventions: P.C. Jersild’s Return of the Geniuses
Chapter Four: Imagining a Place in the Past: Gender and the Historical Novel
Chapter Five: History, National Identity, and Race: Ola Larsmo’s The Maroon Mountain
Chapter Six: The Enlightenment and Postcolonialism: Tournier’s Friday, Delblanc’s Speranza, and Unsworth’s Sacred Hunger
Chapter Seven: Defending the Enlightenment: P.O. Enquist’s Magnetist’s Fifth Winter and The Royal Physician’s Visit
Chapter Eight: Digging up the Past: The Case of Charles XII
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Susan Brantly is Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
