Fictional and Historical Worlds

Examines possible and fictional worlds, author and authority, otherness and recognition, translation, alternative critique, empire, education, imagination, comedy, history, poetry, and culture. The analyzed works include classical and modern texts and the

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Fictional and Historical Worlds

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Fictional and Historical Worlds

Jonathan Hart

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FICTIONAL AND HISTORICAL WORLDS

Copyright © Jonathan Locke Hart, 2012. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–34069–5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hart, Jonathan Locke, 1956– Fictional and historical worlds / Jonathan Hart. p. cm. ISBN 978–0–230–34069–5 1. Criticism. I. Title. PN81.H2849 2012 809⬘.9372—dc23

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For Gordon Teskey We now have plaid (Augustus) wantonly, Tuning our Song unto a tender Muse

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Preface and Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

Chapter 1 Possible and Fictional Worlds

9

Chapter 2

The Author Makes a Comeback

35

Chapter 3

Recognizing Otherness and Comparison

57

Chapter 4

Translating the New World

77

Chapter 5

Alternative Critique

89

Chapter 6

Continental European Empires

101

Chapter 7

Education and Imagination

113

Chapter 8

Realism and