Perspective On Historical Fiction
Perspective On Historical Fiction
Historical fiction allows us to read about things that we know, but it also allows us to not know these same things. In this way, historical fiction most closely represents how the stuff of history happens. We write and read as we live, filled with possibility, and although we may progress to recognizable events, we—like the characters—do not know who we will be when we get there.
Historical fiction allows us to read about things that we know, but it also allows us to not know these same things. In this way, historical fiction most closely represents how the stuff of history happens. We write and read as we live, filled with possibility, and although we may progress to recognizable events, we—like the characters—do not know who we will be when we get there.
Jeff Bond Mine, too.
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