Name: (Re)Writing History: The Questions, Conundrums, Responsibilities, and Delights of Writing Fiction About the Past
Start: 2024-06-10T13:30:00-0600
End: 2024-06-10T15:30:00-0600

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Monday June 10, 2024 1:30pm - 3:30pm MDT

Beacon Hall

"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there," wrote L.P. Hartley. Peter Carey once described writing historical fiction as "a science fiction of the past," implying that creating the past in fiction is no less a matter of world-building than creating the future. Is deep historical research a boon or a confusing constraint? What do we owe to the historical record? To what extent are we free to invent?

Speakers

Claire Messud

Visiting Author

Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction. A recipient of a Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her family.

Monday June 10, 2024 1:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Beacon Hall

Fiction

Type Craft Seminar

Lit Fest 2024

Claire Messud

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