tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post7502494707710136681..comments2024-03-12T06:01:22.059-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: A historical fiction presentation: my small contribution to Open Access WeekSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-13712633447364003782013-10-28T11:20:48.132-05:002013-10-28T11:20:48.132-05:00There are a lot of different definitions and class...There are a lot of different definitions and classifications out there! Some of the categories Amazon uses for historical novels are similar to what I have - historical fantasy, mystery, religious - but they also go by time/place (which I also do, though at the secondary level).Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-10408287439902218412013-10-27T22:04:53.006-05:002013-10-27T22:04:53.006-05:00Thank you for making the presentation available to...Thank you for making the presentation available to readers and authors. It would be great if retailers would adopt your classification scheme so that we would all be using the same definitions!V.E. Uletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281722775885368688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-7286191189174939182013-10-26T08:50:50.687-05:002013-10-26T08:50:50.687-05:00Hi Alex, thanks for your comments! Oh cool - I...Hi Alex, thanks for your comments! Oh cool - I''m happy to hear the NYPL has a copy of the first book. (Not as many libraries bought the second one - maybe thinking that it overlapped too much with v.1, even though it really doesn't.) I enjoy your blog very much as well. It's turned me on to many books for younger readers about WWII. I had had no idea there were so many of them!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-90578910221707337812013-10-26T07:30:19.708-05:002013-10-26T07:30:19.708-05:00I agree with WarScholar, very interesting and usef...I agree with WarScholar, very interesting and useful power point. I rememner going to the library are reading your guide Historical Fiction !! (alas, they didn't have the other book) before I started blogging and reading blogs. I have actually gone back and referred to it again and again (it's in the research branch of the NYPL). <br />Imagine delight when I found your blog - historical fiction is my absolute favorite genre. <br />So, thank you for keeping us all current and informed.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988251415347075888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-4610723931544124022013-10-25T23:16:32.031-05:002013-10-25T23:16:32.031-05:00Thanks for the heads-up on that piece - looks like...Thanks for the heads-up on that piece - looks like I can get the article online through my library's Project Muse subscription, so I'll check it out. I'm currently taking an online course that covers the background to the historical novel, so this should be timely. Appreciate your taking the time to look at the powerpoint, too!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-67395605106097684642013-10-25T22:29:09.006-05:002013-10-25T22:29:09.006-05:00A very interesting and useful power point. Thanks...A very interesting and useful power point. Thanks for posting. Coincidentally, I just read an interesting paper on the purpose of historical novels when they were being written in the 1790s and 1800s. The Authority of the Imagination in an Age of Wonder by Andrew Cayton and found in the Spring 2013 volume of the Journal of the Early Republic WarScholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893294206884507815noreply@blogger.com