Mutations of the “Mutiny novel”: From Historical Fiction to Historical Metafiction and Neo-Victorianism
This article aims to offer a limited panorama of the novels that compose the genre of Mutiny fiction and to analyse its mutations through time. By tracing the generic origins of the Mutiny novel and analysing how it variously draws on the chivalrous tradition, the Gothic, and other genres (adventure...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:ces_741 https://doi.org/10.4000/ces.741 urn:doi:10.4000/ces.741 en https://journals.openedition.org/ces/741 2020-01-06T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dswe https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Mutations of the “Mutiny novel”: From Historical Fiction to Historical Metafiction and Neo-Victorianism Commonwealth Essays and Studies SEPC (Société d’études des pays du Commonwealth) info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2534-6695 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2270-0633 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces Chemmachery, Jaine Mutiny novel historical (meta)fiction ideology ethics trauma This article aims to offer a limited panorama of the novels that compose the genre of Mutiny fiction and to analyse its mutations through time. By tracing the generic origins of the Mutiny novel and analysing how it variously draws on the chivalrous tradition, the Gothic, and other genres (adventure fiction, romance, and melodrama, among others), I would like to show that the various examples of the Mutiny novel genre have often been used to promote imperial values, or to criticise the Empire retrospectively, as Flaminia Nicora’s work has shown, but also that these novels have continuously responded to historical events. My contention is that the Mutiny motif has been instrumental in building a historical narrative of England and that its continued presence merits being studied. |
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This article aims to offer a limited panorama of the novels that compose the genre of Mutiny fiction and to analyse its mutations through time. By tracing the generic origins of the Mutiny novel and analysing how it variously draws on the chivalrous tradition, the Gothic, and other genres (adventure fiction, romance, and melodrama, among others), I would like to show that the various examples of the Mutiny novel genre have often been used to promote imperial values, or to criticise the Empire retrospectively, as Flaminia Nicora’s work has shown, but also that these novels have continuously responded to historical events. My contention is that the Mutiny motif has been instrumental in building a historical narrative of England and that its continued presence merits being studied. |
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Chemmachery, Jaine |
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Chemmachery, Jaine |
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Chemmachery, Jaine |
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Mutations of the “Mutiny novel”: From Historical Fiction to Historical Metafiction and Neo-Victorianism |
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Mutations of the “Mutiny novel”: From Historical Fiction to Historical Metafiction and Neo-Victorianism |
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Mutations of the “Mutiny novel”: From Historical Fiction to Historical Metafiction and Neo-Victorianism |
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Mutations of the “Mutiny novel”: From Historical Fiction to Historical Metafiction and Neo-Victorianism |
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Mutations of the “Mutiny novel”: From Historical Fiction to Historical Metafiction and Neo-Victorianism |
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mutations of the “mutiny novel”: from historical fiction to historical metafiction and neo-victorianism |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies |
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