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Choosing Between Fictions of Clara Schumann: Interview with Janice Galloway

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In this interview, conducted in 2015, Scottish author Janice Galloway reflects on her motivation for writing her award-winning biographical novel Clara (Jonathan Cape, London, 2002) and explains why she chose to write a meticulously researched work of fiction rather than a “biography.” She sheds light on her formal experiments, on the impact of her own national consciousness on her writing practice, on her distrust of language in general and authoritative biography in particular, and on the challenges of conveying in print a life suffused by music.

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  1. English and American Studies, University of Salzburg, Erzabt Klotz Strasse 1, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

    Julia Novak

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  1. Department of English and Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Lucia Boldrini

  2. University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    Julia Novak

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Novak, J. (2017). Choosing Between Fictions of Clara Schumann: Interview with Janice Galloway. In: Boldrini, L., Novak, J. (eds) Experiments in Life-Writing. Palgrave Studies in Life Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55414-3_12

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