Sentences with phrase «fictionalized history»

Snaith the boy read pulp thrillers, real history and fictionalized history by men like G. A. Henty.

Not exact matches

You might not have a compelling history, but don't try to compensate by fictionalizing your past.

Though Coover painstakingly researched his subjects, he has compounded the impact of his borrowings from history with fantastic excursions: the executions at Sing Sing Prison, for example, are transposed to Times Square; Richard Nixon is fancifully shown trying to win favor with Uncle Sam by extracting a last - minute confession from Ethel Rosenberg, only to make love to her instead; Nixon's fictionalized reward is his sodomization by Uncle Sam.

Whit loved the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis, which addresses enormous moments in American history through a fictionalized I - was - there lens.

Early on, though, I was reminded of patriarch Homer's warning to grandson Lonnie in Hud: that «little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire» — that our perceived, fictionalized, mythologized history becomes the template into which we slot our behaviour into an increasingly Pirandellian future.

In this case, the equation is perhaps reversed, as the documentary fictionalizes — even mythologizes — the histories of its subjects cum filmmakers.

Haynes's epic history of glam rock is really visually stunning, though, as reporter Christian Bale attempts to track down a fictionalized David Bowie-esque rock star who disappeared from the spotlight after faking his own death.

And just when you think you've slipped into a horror movie, Wakamatsu reminds us that, while this is a dramatization with fictionalized elements, it is based on history.

Through 44 full - page paintings and a text told in the fictionalized, informal voice of an African American senior citizen looking back on her life, Nelson presents an intimate, powerful view of American and African American history, from colonial days through the civil rights movement.

Verdict: 5 Stars One of the genres that is gaining popularity and attention is the fictionalized biography, a novel retelling of the information that history does actually remember about notable people and events.

The revolutionary politics and chaotic history of life inside Olen Steinhauer's fictionalized Eastern European country have made his literary crime series, with its two Edgar Award nominations along with other critical acclaim, one of today's most acclaimed.

One of the genres that is gaining popularity and attention is the fictionalized biography, a novel retelling of the information that history does actually remember about notable people and events.

Phillips, a novelist who draws deeply from history's well, fictionalizes the lives of three black men in England to form an indelible triptych depicting the suffering of individuals condemned to the status of aliens and undesirables.

In this powerful view of African American history, award - winning author and illustrator Nelson combines 44 arresting, full - page paintings with the fictionalized, informal narrative of an African American elder.

This fictionalized account focuses on three real - life figures who vied to make history as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Woven through the evolving relationship between King and Maxwell are forays into classical codes and Internet encryption (factual), Virginia colonial history (slightly fictionalized) and modern - day government operations at Camp Peary, a CIA «farm» on the York River.

Lester takes readers to Savannah, Georgia, in 1859 in a fictionalized account of the largest slave auction in American history, told in alternating voices of slaves, slave owners, and abolitionists.

Like «The Paris Wife» and «Hemingway's Girl,» this fictionalized bio / history gives a new perspective to the lives of the literary rich and famous.

The thought behind game design here is to provide an entertaining look into history, while dramatized and fictionalized at times, and to place gamers within these periods of history.

Over the course of his career, Frohawk Two Feathers has created works that provide a magnificent re-imagining of history, narrating the story of Frengland, his fictionalized empire of a combined France and England.

Pindell wrote, in her artist statement for the 1980 show at A.I.R. Gallery: «As a Black American woman, I draw on my experience as I have lived it and not as others wish to perceive my living it as fictionalized in the media and so - called «history» books.»

In his collection of stories, Borges gives the «histories» of such infamous people as Billy the Kid and John Andrews Murrell — fictionalized by Borges as Lazarus Morell; while much of what he writes is relatively factual, an ongoing intrusion of invented and modified details causes a reader to question the overall veracity of his accounts.

A recent article in the Broad Street Review applauds the work, stating that «Graham doesn't just fictionalize theater history... he creates room to explore characters without the burden of biographical fidelity.»