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MsSquirrly
MsSquirrly
When do fictionalized facts matter ?
May 8 2012, 9:29 AM EDT | Post edited: May 8 2012, 9:29 AM EDT
Susan Bordo, the author of the new book "The Creation of Anne Boleyn" which is coming out in 2013, has written a piece on this topic and it is posted on our Tudor Times blog here : http://www.thetudorswiki.com/page/The+Tudors+Blog. Check it out and weigh in on your opinions. When do you think fictionalized facts matter and what is your take on books like "Bringing up the bodies" &"The other Boleyn girl" and shows like "The Tudors"? Do you find this valuable?    
HeverRose
HeverRose
1. RE: When do fictionalized facts matter ?
May 8 2012, 12:09 PM EDT | Post edited: May 8 2012, 2:41 PM EDT
Thank you for posting this essay. It is a topic that is hugely interesting to me and I will sift through my thoughts about it.

I couldn't read Ms Bordo's essay very carefully since I am avoiding any spoilers regarding BUTB. It started out great but when it started to mention BUTB I had to just skim over it.

I just got my copy yesterday and am only on page 18.

I love your topic and will post my thoughts , but I will try and break them down into various aspects of this important topic, since it is rather huge. Do you find this valuable?    
HeverRose
HeverRose
2. RE: When do fictionalized facts matter ?
May 8 2012, 1:56 PM EDT | Post edited: May 8 2012, 2:40 PM EDT
OK Here is food for thought:

I will start with the most esoteric and philosophical edge of the spectrum first:

When I was in graduate school, it was the height of the deconstruction literary criticism era, where EVERYTHING is fiction, because all writing and language are fictionalized cultural constructs and everything anyone puts down will be tainted and currupted by their culture, gender, race, politics etc. So, looked at this way, there is no difference between Eric Ives and Phillipa Gregory, as both are writing out of agenda driven perspectives ( white male professor, hip female pseudo historian) that render their words self referential and "fiction."

While one can certainly say that history tries to approximate what really happened in the past more accurately than fiction, both are examples of cultural writing that inherently give it a slant or relativism, and thereby makes it to some extent suspect.

Thoughts?

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MsSquirrly
MsSquirrly
3. RE: When do fictionalized facts matter ?
Apr 8 2013, 12:29 PM EDT | Post edited: Apr 8 2013, 12:30 PM EDT
Susan Bordo's book come out tomorrow (cut and paste) :

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+creation+of+anne+of+anne+boleyn+by+susan+bordo

Don't forget to order your copy! Do you find this valuable?    

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