Novel History : Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past (and each other) - Carnes, Mark C. (Mark Christopher), 1950- (New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Hawthorne's cultural demons: history, popular culture, and The scarlet letter / David S. Reynolds -- The great Gatsby? Yes, a historical novel / John Lukacs -- T. Coraghessan Boyle and World's end / Michael Kammen -- History on two wheels / T.C. Boyle -- Albany the wondrous: William Kennedy's history in Quinn's book / Mark C. Carnes -- Quinn's book: looking for the buried myth / William Kennedy -- White men in Africa: on Barbara Kingsolver's The poisonwood bible / Diane Kunz -- A war like all wars / Tom Wicker -- Some remarks on history and fiction / Charles Frazier -- An essay by (historian) Thomas Fleming on Time and tide / (novelist) Thomas Fleming -- (novelist) Thomas Fleming responds -- Kicking the denial syndrome: Tim O'Brien's In the lake of the woods / H. Bruce Franklin -- The whole story / Tim O'Brien.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.
Keywords: Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism; Literature and history -- United States; Historiography -- United States; United States -- Historiography; x; z; Letterkunde; Amerikaans; Historische romans; Historici; Romanschrijvers; Geschiedschrijving