Most of What Follows is True - Places Imagined and Real (Paperback)

"In all creative writing, the question of what is true and what is real are two very different considerations. Figuring out how to dance between them is a murky business." In Most of What Follows Is True, Michael Crummey examines the complex relationship between fact and fiction, between the "real world" and the stories we tell to explain it. Drawing on his own experience appropriating historical characters to fictional ends, he brings forward important questions about how writers use history and real-life figures to animate fictional stories. Is there a limit to the liberties a writer can take? Is there a point at which a fictionalized history becomes a false history? What responsibilities do writers have to their readers, and to the historical and cultural materials they exploit as sources? Crummey offers thoughtful, witty views on the deep and timely conversation around appropriation.

General

Imprint:	University of Alberta Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	CLC Kreisel Lecture Series
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Michael Crummey
Introduction by:	Margaret Mackey (Professor)
Dimensions:	229 x 133 x 5mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	72
ISBN-13:	978-1-77212-457-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Promotions
LSN:	1-77212-457-5
Barcode:	9781772124576

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