The Typewriter’s Tale: Re-Exploring the Historical Figure of Henry James through Fiction

IF 0.2 4区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

Journal of Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI:10.25159/1753-5387/13966

Albertus Breytenbach

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Abstract

This article investigates the relationship between historical fiction, history, and the portrayal of the character and identity of Henry James with specific reference to The Typewriter’s Tale (2005) by Michiel Heyns. Furthermore, it explores how Heyns proceeds to strike a historically responsible balance in his portrayal of the identities of Henry James, Morton Fullerton and Edith Wharton as characters in the novel and the identities of these personae as historical figures. It also explores how Heyns imaginatively bridges the gaps in the historical record or relies on creative licence to reinterpret events and characters. Lastly, the contribution that historical fiction can make to our understanding of the identity and character of historical figures is considered.

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打字机的故事:通过小说重新探索亨利·詹姆斯的历史人物

本文以迈克尔·海恩斯的《打字机的故事》(2005)为例，探讨了历史小说、历史以及亨利·詹姆斯的性格和身份塑造之间的关系。此外，本文还探讨了海恩斯如何在小说中对亨利·詹姆斯、莫顿·富勒顿和伊迪丝·沃顿等人物的身份刻画以及这些人物作为历史人物的身份刻画中取得历史上负责任的平衡。它还探讨了海恩斯如何富有想象力地填补历史记录中的空白，或者依靠创造性的自由来重新诠释事件和人物。最后，本文考虑了历史小说对我们理解历史人物的身份和性格的贡献。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Literary Studies publishes and globally disseminates original and cutting-edge research informed by Literary and Cultural Theory. The Journal is an independent quarterly publication owned and published by the South African Literary Society in partnership with Unisa Press and Taylor & Francis. It is housed and produced in the division Theory of Literature at the University of South Africa and is accredited and subsidised by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training. The aim of the journal is to publish articles and full-length review essays informed by Literary Theory in the General Literary Theory subject area and mostly covering Formalism, New Criticism, Semiotics, Structuralism, Marxism, Poststructuralism, Psychoanalysis, Gender studies, New Historicism, Ecocriticism, Animal Studies, Reception Theory, Comparative Literature, Narrative Theory, Drama Theory, Poetry Theory, and Biography and Autobiography.