The Counter-Memorial Impulse in Twentieth-Century English Fiction
Author | : S. Henstra |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2009-11-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230297357 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230297358 |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Counter-Memorial Impulse in Twentieth-Century English Fiction written by S. Henstra and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson demonstrate how narrative experimentation in this period responds to socio-historic conditions like post-imperial melancholy, nuclear fear and homophobia.