Literary Drowning : Postcolonial Memory in Irish and Caribbean Writing /

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""Literary Drowning" is the first book-length study of drowning in literature. It examines depictions of the drowned body in Irish and Caribbean postcolonial literature, uncovering a complex transatlantic conversation that re-evaluates memory, forgetfulness, and the role that each pla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boeninger, Stephanie Pocock (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
English literature > Caribbean authors > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature (English) > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Memory in literature.
Sea in literature.
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Drowning victims in literature.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Full Fathom Five": A Brief History of Literary Drowning
  • The Lost Body: The Author as Mourner in J.M. Synge's Travel Writings and Riders to the Sea
  • The Regenerative Body: Creative Amnesia and the New World Author in Derek Walcott's The Sea at Dauphin and Omeros
  • The Disintegrating Body: The Unstable Author in David Dabydeen's "Turner"
  • The Ghostly Body: Gender and Memory in Marina Carr's The Mai and Portia Coughlan
  • Afterword: "Remembering Rightly".

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