Abstract
Three years before Hilary Mantel's coup with Wolf Hall, scholar Suzanne Keen identified the cultural and economic preconditions in the United Kingdom for a comeback of literary historical fiction: changes to the National Curriculum that had led to greater emphasis on the teaching of history using methods peripheral to the discipline (the popularity, for instance, of novels as content vehicles for engendering student interest) and, more importantly, 'a booming heritage industry's focus on positive, marketable past capable of inspiring patriotism and attracting tourists' (Keen, 2005: 167).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Twenty-First-Century British Fiction |
Editors | Bianca Leggett, Tony Venezia |
Place of Publication | U.K. |
Publisher | Gylphi |
Pages | 129-147 |
Number of pages | 19 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781780240237 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781780240213 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
- novels
- literature