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'In this essay I explore the common ground of history and fiction, suggesting that they are a tag team, sometimes taking turns, sometimes working in tandem, to deepen our understanding and extend our imagination. But I also argue that there are times when the distinction between them is vital, and that it is incumbent on historians – on those who choose at certain moments to write history – to insist and reflect on the difference. I hope to create a context in which such explanations will not be misinterpreted as defending territory. In the course of the essay I refer to historians who write fiction and novelists who write history, and I draw especially on the work of the novelists Eleanor Dark and Kate Grenville, poet and historian Judith Wright, and the historians Inga Clendinnen, Grace Karskens and Ross Gibson.' (Publication summary)
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The Intriguing Dance of History and Fiction
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Subjects:
- True History of the Kelly Gang 2000 single work novel
- The Timeless Land 1941 single work novel
- The Generations of Men 1959 single work prose
- The Cry for the Dead 1981 single work prose
- Looking for Blackfellas' Point : An Australian History of Place 2002 single work non-fiction
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