@article{McCarthy_1996, title={The True and False Guide: Characterization in Katherine Govier’s Between Men}, volume={21}, url={https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/8234}, abstractNote={Katherine Govier’s <em>Between Men</em> is a complex fiction combining elements of the novel of feminist empowerment, historical fiction, contemporary romance, the academic novel, and historiographic metafiction. It develops and weaves -- braids -- three narrative lines together into a composite, intertwined narrative that blurs the boundaries between history and fiction. Govier’s use of the "Metafictive Braid" is central to this project of feminist historiography. Analysis of characterization -- particularly the main character in the novel -- reveals its presentation of both false and true guides, as well as its function in driving and determining the plot: a contemporary rewriting of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, which becomes a story of self-recovery instead of self-loss. Govier’s novel is a complex feminist work that closely examines the worlds of public and private history.}, number={1}, journal={Studies in Canadian Literature}, author={McCarthy, Dermot}, year={1996}, month={Jan.} }