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History and cultural memory in neo-Victorian fiction : Victorian afterimages / Kate Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, Kate, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical fiction, English--20th century--History and criticism.
- Historical fiction, English.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--19th century--Historiography.
- Nineteenth century--In literature.
- Nineteenth century.
- Victoriana--In literature.
- Victoriana.
- History in literature.
- Collective memory in literature.
- History.
- Historiography.
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Historiography.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 222 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Summary:
- Examining recent rewritings of the Victorian period by authors such as A. S. Byatt, Sarah Waters, Gail Jones and Graham Swift, "Victorian Afterimages" explores the way in which neo-Victorian fictions enact and celebrate the power of cultural memory in an age historically obsessed and yet charged with the inability to think historically.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230228580
- 0230228585
- OCLC:
- 620092676
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