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roman à clef
roman à clef, i.e. a ‘novel with a key’, in which the reader (or some readers) are intended to identify real characters under fictitious names. The key is sometimes literal, sometimes figurative, and sometimes provided by the author, as in the case of Mrs Manley's The New Atalantis, sometimes published separately by others, as in the case of Disraeli's Coningsby.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "roman à clef." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "roman à clef." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-romanclef.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "roman à clef." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-romanclef.html |
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roman à clef
ro·man à clef / rōˌmän ä ˈklā/ (also ro·man-à-clef) • n. (pl. ro·mans à clef pronunc. same) a novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. |
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"roman à clef." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "roman à clef." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-romanaclef.html "roman à clef." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-romanaclef.html |
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