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How the Second World War is depicted by British novelists since 1990 : the passage of time changes our portrayal of traumatic events /

This volume offers a study of sixteen novels by British authors published between 1990 and the present which address the topic of the Second World War. This study analyzes how these novels employ a variety of techniques and focus on private, anonymous individuals rather than the large historical eve...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perez Rodriguez, Eva M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Part 1. Myths: debunked and preserved. 1. Sarah Waters, The night watch (2006) ; 2. Ian McEwan, Atonement (2001) ; 3. William Boyd, Restless (2006) ; 4. Sebastian Faulks, Charlotte Gray (1998) ; 5. Robert Harris, Enigma (1995) -- Part 2. Revisiting history. 6. Tim Binding, Island madness (1994) ; 7. Owen Sheers, Resistance (2007) ; 8. Peter Ho Davies, The Welsh girl (2007) ; 9. A.L. Kennedy, Day (2007) ; 10. Alexander McCall Smith, La's orchestra saves the world (2008) -- Part 3. Individuals and nations. 11. Helen Dunmore, The siege (2001) ; 12. Rachel Seiffert, The dark room (2001) ; 13. Martin Amis, Time's arrow (1991) ; 14. Louis de Beenieres, Captian Corelli's mandolin (1994) ; 15. Mark Mills, The information officer (2009) ; 16. Kazuo Ishiguro, When we were orphans (2000) ; Conclusion: elusive past, inescapable history. 
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