Narrating the Past: Fiction and Historiography in Postwar Spain

by David K. Herzberger

Book Overview

The relationship between fiction and historiography in Francoist Spain (1939-1975) is a contentious one. The intricacies of this relationship, in which fiction works to subvert the regime's authority to write the past, are the focus of David K. Herzberger's book.
The narrative and rhetorical strategies of historical discourse figure in both the fiction and historiography of postwar Spain. Herzberger analyzes these strategies, identifying the structures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822315971
• ISBN13: 9780822315971
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.2" x 5.9"