Title Reading behind the lines : postmemory in contemporary British war fiction / Natasha Alden

Published Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 228 pages) Contents Introduction -- Regenerating the past : fact and fiction in the Regeneration trilogy -- "In the beginning was the word; and to that it came back in the long run" : Briony Tallis and Atonement -- Lesbian postmemory : haunted "history" in The night watch -- Conclusion Summary This study applies the concept of postmemory, developed in Holocaust studies, to novels by contemporary British writers. The first monograph-length study of postmemory in British fiction, it focuses on a group of texts about the World Wars Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Andrae, A. Englisch, ... Waters, Sarah, 1966- Night watch. Barker, Pat, 1943- Regeneration trilogy. Waters, Sarah, 1966- Night Watch. McEwan, Ian, 1948- Atonement. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism War in literature. Memory in literature. History in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. War in literature History in literature War and literature English fiction Memory in literature Erster Weltkrieg Motiv Zweiter Weltkrieg Motiv Erinnerung World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war. World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war. War in literature. Memory in literature. Trauma in literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Historical fiction. Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 1526102609 9781526102607 9781781706367 1781706360

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