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From Melville's South Sea Islands to Survivor's Redemption Island: The Feast of Reality and Fiction in American Culture
| Location: | New Mexico, United States |
| Conference Date: | 2012-02-08 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-07-29 |
| Announcement ID: |
186878 |
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Has it always been easier for Americans to swallow fiction with a dollop of reality? Or easier for us to swallow reality with a dollop of fiction? Historical fiction occupies a noble place in American history. It can be said to have nourished the glorious lies of our fiction, and to have sprouted a plethora of genres in our literature, from travel sketches and captive narratives to fiction proper. In the new Republic in the 1800s, Americans believed that fiction corrupted the "tastes" (i.e. morals) of youth. But historical fiction offered novels and fiction a way to respectability. How was it then and how is it now? The SWTXPCA area of historical fiction seeks papers or panels that analyze this struggle between fiction and reality in American culture and the role of historical fiction, from the era of the new Republic to the era of reality shows. Submit by Dec. 15 for conference in February.
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