Asia and the Historical Imagination
This collection explores the interpretation of historical fiction through fictional representations of the past in an Asian context. Emphasising the significance of region and locality, it explores local networks of political and cultural exchanges a
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Historical Imagination edited by
Jane Yeang Chui Wong
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Asia and the Historical Imagination
Jane Yeang Chui Wong Editor
Asia and the Historical Imagination
Editor Jane Yeang Chui Wong Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore
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Acknowledgements
The process of putting together a volume of essays has been especially enlightening, and it is perhaps not presumptuous to think that editors often begin with strong convictions of what they want to achieve, and a vague idea of whether the volume will reflect those convictions. What I originally conceived only in imagination was a gathering of like-minded scholar-teachers who were interested in the subject of historical fiction and, more particularly, historical fiction about Asia. Thanks to the financial support of the Centre of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) at Nanyang Technological University, I was able to play host to scholars from different parts of the world in a workshop that this book derives its title from: Asia and the Historical Imagination. Between July 31 and August 2, 2015, the participants were engaged in a lively and rigorous discussion of the projects they were working on, and I am delighted they have contributed to this modest volume of essays. Asia and the Historical Imagination would have remained an imaginary project
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