Post-9/11 Historical Fiction and Alternate History Fiction Transnati
Drawing on theories of historiography, memory, and diaspora, as well as from existing genre studies, this book explores why contemporary writers are so fascinated with history. Pei-chen Liao considers how fiction contributes to the making and remaking of
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Pei-chen Liao
Post-9/11 Historical Fiction and Alternate History Fiction
Pei-chen Liao
Post-9/11 Historical Fiction and Alternate History Fiction Transnational and Multidirectional Memory
Pei-chen Liao Department of Foreign Languages and Literature National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
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Acknowledgments
I acknowledge support of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan in funding research for sections of this book. At Palgrave Macmillan, Allie Troyanos guided the project through its initial stages. Vinoth Kuppan has been extremely helpful at all points. Two anonymous reviewers provided constructive suggestions that helped me sharpen my argument and expand my research scope. I also appreciate the hard work and long hours put in by my assistant Jennifer Tsai, who took part in the whole editing process and paid attention to the details. The faculty at the Foreign Languages and Literature Department of National Cheng Kung University, where I have taught for ten years, have been extremely supportive. In particular, I would like to thank Shuli Chang, Chao-Fang Chen, and Carolyn Scott for their friendship. Special thanks to Jackie Sumner and her parents for their hospitality and generosity in the summer 2017 when I conducted research in Washington, D.C. for this project. I have presented material at the 25th Annual Conference of the
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