Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One History, Anxiety, and Narrative Desire; Chapter Two To Speak with the Dead: Possession and A.S. Byatt's Neo-Victorian Fiction; Chapter Three Black Dogs: Ian McEwan's Post-Holocaust Anxiety; Chapter Four The Palimpsest of History: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children; Chapter Five Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHAPTER 1 HISTORY, ANXIETY, AND NARRATIVE DESIRE CHAPTER 2 TO SPEAK WITH THE DEAD: POSSESSION AND A.S. BYATTS NEO-VICTORIAN FICTION CHAPTER 3 BLACK DOGS: IAN MCEWANS POST-HOLOCAUST ANXIETY CHAPTER 4 THE PALIMPSEST OF HISTORY: SALMAN RUSHDIES MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY