Anachronistic Turn - Historical Fiction, Drama, Film and Television

The book is the first study to investigate the ways in which the creative use of anachronism in historical fictions can allow us to rethink the relationship between past and present.

List of contents

1. Introduction: remixing the past 2. Biblical histories 3. Women's histories 4. The historical musical 5. The history play 6. Queens on screen 7. Writers on screen: Dickinson 8. Conclusion: the future of the past

About the author

Stephanie Russo is Discipline Chair of Literature at Macquarie University, Australia. She has published widely on historical fiction and women's writing. She is the author of The Afterlife of Anne Boleyn: Representations of Anne Boleyn in Fiction and on the Screen (2020).

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie (Macquarie University) Russo, Russo Stephanie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032222523
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222252-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000