metahistorical romance en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined by Amy J. Elias in 2001.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A type of postmodern historical fiction.
Through the “historiographic metafiction” or “metahistorical romance” of post-1960s fiction, critics have identified the self-reflexive quality of the new historical aesthetics.
2017, Alison Shonkwiler, The Financial Imaginary: Economic Mystification and the Limits of Realist Fiction, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN:From Linda Hutcheon's work on historiographic metafiction to Amy Elias's study of the metahistorical romance, addressing the historical novel, for example, has become something of a minor industry outside conventional history.
2010, Alun Munslow, The Future of History, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 267:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metahistorical romances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |