Readings & Resources

readings and other things..

Manuscripts

Schoenberg Institute:

Online Lectures

Paul Freedman's Early Middle Ages (videos): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL851F45079A91C3F2

What Is Historical Fiction?: Defining the Genre

Core readings: Ian Mortimer, "Why Historians Should Write Fiction"; Larissa MacFarquhar,

"The Dead Are Real" . Definitions of historical fiction can be found in many places and take many forms. Perry Anderson's "From Progress to Catastrophe"is a sophisticated overview of the historical novel since the early nineteenth century (it appeared in the London Review of Books). You might also visit the extensive website of the Historical Novel Society, Core reading: Matthew Phillpott, "A Brief History of Historical Fiction"

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