"Creative biography": Fiction and non-fiction in Caryl Phillips's 'Foreigners: Three English lives'

This article explores the relationship between fiction and non-fiction in Phillips's 'Foreigners: Three English Lives'. Through examination of the questions raised by differing reader expectations related to fiction and biography, a critical frame for understanding the way in which Ph...

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Published inCommonwealth (Rodez, France) Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 57 - 67
Main Author Birat, Kathie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Paris Société d'Étude des Pays du Commonwealth 01.10.2013
Subjects
Biography
Creativity
English
Fiction
Phillips, Caryl
Ricoeur, Paul
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Summary:This article explores the relationship between fiction and non-fiction in Phillips's 'Foreigners: Three English Lives'. Through examination of the questions raised by differing reader expectations related to fiction and biography, a critical frame for understanding the way in which Phillips combines fictional and non-fictional approaches in this hybrid work is proposed, relying partly on Paul Ricoeur's ideas of narrative identity and witnessing.
Bibliography:Commonwealth Essays and Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, Autumn 2013: 57-67
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ISSN:0395-6989