Publication of Fiona Doloughan's Radical Realism, Autofictional Narratives and the Reinvention of the Novel

Fiona Doloughan’s monograph, Radical Realism, Autofictional Narratives and the Reinvention of the Novel, published by Anthem Press on February 14, 2023, treats modes of fictionality in contemporary auto/biography, memoir and autofiction.

Adopting a case study approach, it demonstrates the extent to which contexts of production and reception are important in framing generic expectations with respect to the representation of lived experience and in helping to determine the status of the narrator as (fictional) persona or (implied) author. It includes specific chapters on the work of named authors (Knausgaard, Winterson, Guo and Cusk) in the context of broader theoretical and critical issues relating to the narration of a life. It also revisits arguments about the value of fiction against the backdrop of a so-called reality hunger.

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