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Ethics and nostalgia in the contemporary novel /
In this original and wide-ranging study, John J. Su explores the relationship between nostalgia and ethics in novels across the English-speaking world. From Jean Rhys to Wole Soyinka and from V.S. Naipaul to Toni Morrison, Su identifies nostalgia as a central concern in the twentieth-century novel.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: nostalgia, ethics, and contemporary Anglophone literature; CHAPTER 1 Narratives of return: locating ethics in the age of globalization; CHAPTER 2 Nostalgia and narrative ethics in Caribbean literature; CHAPTER 3 "Loss was in the order of things": recalling loss, reclaiming place in Native American fiction; CHAPTER 4 Refiguring national character: the remains of the British estate novel; CHAPTER 5 Appeasing an embittered history: trauma and nationhood in the writings of Achebe and Soyinka.