Melancholy and the archive : trauma, history and memory in the contemporary novel /

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Melancholy and the Archive examines how trauma, history and memory are represented in key works of major contemporary writers (David Mitchell, Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami, Jose Saramago). The book explores how these authors construct crucial relationships between sites of memory the archive becomes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boulter, Jonathan, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2011.
Colección:Continuum literary studies.
Temas:
1900-2099
Melancholy in literature.
Memory in literature.
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Mélancolie dans la littérature.
Mémoire dans la littérature.
Roman > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
History of Western philosophy.
Literary studies: from c 1900.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Fiction
Melancholy in literature
Memory in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Melancholy and the Archive examines how trauma, history and memory are represented in key works of major contemporary writers (David Mitchell, Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami, Jose Saramago). The book explores how these authors construct crucial relationships between sites of memory the archive becomes a central trope here and the self that has been subjected to various traumas, various losses. The archive be it a bureaucratic office (Saramago), an underground bunker (Auster), a geographical space or landscape (Mitchell) or even a hole (Murakami) becomes the means by which the self attempts to pr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-203) and index.
ISBN:9781441152169
1441152164

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