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'A Man of Violent and Ungovernable Temper': Can Fiction Fill Silences in the Archives?

Authors :
Collins, Katherine E
Source :
Life Writing; Mar2021, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p45-51, 7p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Biofiction can be defined as fiction about a named, real person and is characterised by creativity, invention, and imaginative exploration. In this essay I deploy a mixture of nonlinear narrative and theoretical writing to explore the argument that creative ways of responding to archival silences illuminate, and also complicate, our attempts to recover women's lives from obscurity. As the text evolves, the narrative sections become more invented, more experimental, something more like fiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
FICTION
NONLINEAR estimation

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14484528
Volume :
18
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Life Writing
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
148980835
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2018.1564215