Imagining Gender in Biographical Fiction

This book explores the rise of biographical fictions and investigates how historical gender lives are reimagined in fiction, considering cultural and historical differences. It develops a critical lens to approach biographical fictions as "fictions of gender" and assesses their potential for critical, revisionist, and deconstructive analysis while acknowledging the influence of clichés and gender norms.

Format: Hardback
Length: 392 pages
Publication date: 16 December 2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive volume explores the surging popularity of biographical fiction worldwide, delving into the ways in which historical gender lives are reimagined as gendered narratives in literature. Building upon this research, this groundbreaking book is the first to systematically address gender issues while being mindful of cultural and historical disparities in both the source material and the fictional reworkings. It employs a critical lens to examine biographical fiction as "fictions of gender," drawing from theories of biofiction, historical fiction, life-writing studies, feminist criticism, queer feminist readings, postcolonial studies, feminist art history, and trans studies. The volume critically assesses the potential of biographical fiction for critical analysis, revision, and deconstruction, while also acknowledging the influence of clichés, gender norms, and established narratives in many of the texts under investigation.

The introduction to this book is freely accessible under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License through the following link: link.springer.com. Chapter 1 is also available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license through the same link.

Weight: 644g
Dimension: 154 x 217 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031090189
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022