Title

Faking it: History and Creative Writing

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

This paper examines the differences between historical and fictional representations of recognisable pasts, in an attempt to negotiate a critical and theoretical relationship between history and fiction. It argues that the 'fake' or 'counterfeit' of fiction may present us with a way of intervening in the discourses of reality - playing in the gap between the narratives of history and the actualities of the past.


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This article may be accessed from the publisher here

Text may be accessed from the National Library of Australia here



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