Anne Michaels' poetic novel Held expands the possibilities of historical fiction
- Written by Georgia Phillips, Lecturer, Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
Kaiskynet Studio/ShutterstockIn 1974, philosopher and literary critic Hayden White caused a small furore with his magnum opus Metahistory. In the deconstructionist spirit of Jacques Derrida, White challenged the “objectivity” of historiography, drawing attention to its dependence on narrative to convey meaning about the past.
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