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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boeninger, Stephanie Pocock (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Irish studies
Subjects:
1900-1999
Drowning victims in literature.
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Sea in literature.
Memory in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature (English) > History and criticism.
English literature > Caribbean authors > History and criticism.
Noyés dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Mer dans la littérature.
Mémoire dans la littérature.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature antillaise (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs antillais > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Drowning victims in literature
Caribbean literature (English)
English literature
English literature > Caribbean authors
English literature > Irish authors
Memory in literature
Postcolonialism in literature
Sea in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "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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