Frank Moorhouse and the ‘Oscillation’ between Biography, Autobiography and Fiction: Reconciling Contradictions
Experimenting with form, Frank Moorhouse has written novels which could be defined as rather conventional and discontinuous narratives which often stage the same characters at different times. Albeit fictional, they have a referential, or even self-referential value. This ambiguous fusion of genres...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | Experimenting with form, Frank Moorhouse has written novels which could be defined as rather conventional and discontinuous narratives which often stage the same characters at different times. Albeit fictional, they have a referential, or even self-referential value. This ambiguous fusion of genres is illustrated in this paper by examples taken from four books or collections interweaving biography, autobiography and fiction. |
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