Actually, historical setting and factual accuracy is what
makes a work historical. Idealization of the good ole days is
just a fact of human perception.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"I know. We are ... the lucky ones." Bif Naked, 1999
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Toomey
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 9:30 PM
>
> Sharon Villines wrote:
>
> > It has been suggested that the reason people
read historicals is to see
> > contemporary ideas/opinions/attitudes attached
to the romance
> of the past.
>
> I wasn't aware of this, not being much of a reader
of historicals.
>
> > A book written in 1860 is not the same as a
book written in
> 1960 and set in
> > 1860. The idealization (idealizing either hard
times or good times) and
> > drama is what makes a historical a
historical.
>
> You're saying a book set in the past that's not
idealized isn't an
> historical? Let's say I write a novel set in 1945
and I do my best to
> make it an accurate representation of the times,
without any
> idealization or distortion -- what have I written if
not an historical?
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