metahistorical romance
nounEtymology
Coined by Amy J. Elias in 2001.
Definitions
A type of postmodern historical fiction.
- From Linda Hutcheon's work on historiographic metafiction to Amy Elias's study of the metahistorical romance, addressing the historical novel, for example, has become something of a minor industry outside conventional history.
- Through the “historiographic metafiction” or “metahistorical romance” of post-1960s fiction, critics have identified the self-reflexive quality of the new historical aesthetics.
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