History and Cultural Memory in Neo-Victorian Fiction

Victorian Afterimages

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Av Kate Mitchell

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A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. Arguing that neo-Victorian fiction enacts and celebrates cultural memory, this book uses memory discourse to position these novels as dynamic participants in the contemporary historical imaginary.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-07-16
Mått140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt304 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor222
Upplaga10001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349310166

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Acknowledgements Introduction: 'I told You we'd been invaded by Victoriana' Memory Texts: History, Fiction and the Historical Imaginary Contemporary Victorian(ism)s A Fertile Excess: Waterland, Desire and the Historical Sublime (Dis)Possessing Knowledge: A. S. Byatt's Possession: A Romance 'Making it seem like it's authentic': the faux-Victorian Novel as Cultural Memory in Affinity and Fingersmith 'The alluring patina of loss': Photography, Memory, and Memory Texts in Sixty Lights and Afterimage Conclusion: 'What will count as history?' Endnotes Bibliography Index A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org.