The Living Presence of Invisible Agencies and Unseen Powers – The Dramatised and Reinvented History of Peter Ackroyd’s Novels

The voluminous body of work of Peter Ackroyd, one of the most versatile contemporary British writers, comprises chiefly of non-fiction and fiction. The first is dominated by his books on English history, English literature, the history and development of London, and a series of biographies of outst...

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Published in:	American and British Studies Annual
Main Author:	Petr Chalupský
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Pardubice 2016-11-01
Subjects:	Peter Ackroyd heterogeneity historiographic metafiction pastiche palimpsest alternate history
Online Access:	https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2259

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