Internationally acclaimed Australian Speculative Fiction/Fantasy author Sara Douglass knew and understood the world of Medieval Europe well due to years spent teaching history to university students. Although she 'made a lot of stuff up' (as indeed any fiction writer must!) she also did an immense amount of historical research. This THREE-PART article/intro discusses, among other things, the impact of her work as a history academic on her novels.
This piece belongs to Vol. 3 of The Collected Works of Ian Irvine (Hobson). (Nonfiction)
NOTE: Links previously embedded on this page will be updated shortly (Jan. 2023)
To read about the influence of her love of history on Sara's novels and peruse some of her lecture drafts (1993-1998) ...
Click here for Part One (includes an introduction by author and academic Dr Karen Brooks and myself) [posted early February 2015].
For Part Two of the Intro (posted early March) click here.
To read Part Three (posted April 6th 2015) click here.
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