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Reading behind the lines : postmemory in contemporary British war fiction / Natasha Alden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alden, Natasha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Memory in literature.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 228 pages) : digital file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This study applies the concept of postmemory, developed in Holocaust studies, to novels by contemporary British writers. The first monograph-length study of postmemory in British fiction, it focuses on a group of texts about the World Wars.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Regenerating the past : fact and fiction in the Regeneration trilogy
- "In the beginning was the word; and to that it came back in the long run" : Briony Tallis and Atonement
- Lesbian postmemory : haunted "history" in The night watch
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781781706367
- 1781706360
- 9781526102607
- 1526102609
- OCLC:
- 1166085900
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