Title Amnesia and redress in contemporary American fiction : counterhistory / Marni Gauthier

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) Series American literature readings in the twenty first century American literature readings in the 21st century. Contents Contemporary Historical Fiction and a Politics of Truth -- 'The Downfall of the Empire and the Emergence of Detergents': Underhistory in Don DeLillo's Historical Novels -- The Other Side of Paradise:Toni Morrison's (Un)Making of Mythic History -- A Politics of Truth and the Transnational Comm(unity) of Abolitionists: Michelle Cliff's Free Enterprise -- Transnational Empire and its Exuberant (dis)Contents: Bharati Mukherjee's Holder of the World -- Truth-telling Fiction in a Post-9/11 World: Don DeLillo's Falling Man and Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine -- Looking Back is Looking Forward: The Torture Debate and the Cultural Work of Truth-Telling Historical Fiction in the 21st Century Introduction: contemporary historical fiction and a politics of truth -- The downfall of the empire and the emergence of detergents: underhistory in Don DeLillo's historical novels -- The other side of paradise: Toni Morrison's (un)making of mythic history -- A politics of truth and the transnational comm(unity) of abolitionists: Michelle Cliff's Free enterprise -- Transnational empire and its exuberant (dis)contents: Bharati Mukherjee's Holder of the world -- Truth-telling fiction in a post-9/11 world: Don Delillo's Falling man and Julie Otsuka's When the emperor was divine -- Epilogue: looking back is looking forward Summary This book shows how a political and cultural dynamic of amnesia and truth telling shapes literary constructions of history. Gauthier focuses on the works of Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Michelle Cliff, Bharati Mukherjee, and Julie Otsuka Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- History and criticism Truthfulness and falsehood in literature. Memory -- Social aspects -- United States Memory -- Political aspects -- United States Collective memory in literature. Literary studies: from c 1900 -- English. Literary theory -- English. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Literature. American fiction Collective memory in literature Memory -- Political aspects Memory -- Social aspects Truthfulness and falsehood in literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230337824 0230337821

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