The House of Desdemona; or The Laurels and Limitations of Historical Fiction

Detroit: Wayne State University Press. Near Fine. 1963. First Edition. Softcover. [nice clean book, minor handling wear only]. Trade PB "The first translation into English of [the author's] last book. The theme is historical fiction, particularly the historical novel. As the author of more than a dozen enormously successful historical novels and as a student of history with a Ph.D. in the subject, Feuchtwanger offers a unique and provocative definition of historical fiction. In illustrating his thesis, [he] analyzes and evaluates some one hundred historical novels of world literature. He concentrates on British, German, French, and American novels. His extensive treatment of the American historical novel is unique in the literature on historical fiction." .