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Author Foley, Barbara, 1948-

Title Telling the truth : the theory and practice of documentary fiction / Barbara Foley.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1986.

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Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: THEORY -- PART II: PRACTICE -- Conclusion -- Index
Summary Barbara Foley here focuses on the relatively neglected genre of documentary fiction: novels that are continually near the borderline between factual and fictive discourse. She links the development of the genre over three centuries to the evolution of capitalism, but her analyses of literary texts depart significantly from those of most current Marxist critics. Foley maintains that Marxist theory has yet to produce a satisfactory theory of mimesis or of the development of genres, and she addresses such key issues as the problem of reference and the nature of generic distinctions. Among the authors whom Foley treats are Defoe, Scott, George Eliot, Joyce, Isherwood, Dos Passos, William Wells Brown, Ishmael Reed, and Ernest Gaines.
Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Reportage literature, American -- History and criticism.
Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Nonfiction novel -- History and criticism.
Marxist criticism.
Nonfiction novel.
Historical fiction, American -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Roman documentaire.
Critique marxiste.
Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Roman historique américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature de reportage américaine -- Histoire et critique.
Roman documentaire -- Histoire et critique.
American fiction
Historical fiction, American
Marxist criticism
Nonfiction novel
Reportage literature, American
Documentaire literatuur.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term Documentary novels in English, to 1985 - Critical studies
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Foley, Barbara, 1948- Telling the truth. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1986 (DLC) 85048198 (OCoLC)13125820
ISBN 1501722891 (electronic bk.)
9781501722899 (electronic bk.)
9781501722882
1501722883
1501722905
9781501722905
0801418771 (alk. paper)
9780801418778 (alk. paper)
9781501722905
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