Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction - Lawrie, Alexandra
Lawrie, Alexandra |
2024 |
Zachte kaft |
Engels
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Beschrijving
Argues for a reawakened commitment to historicity in contemporary American fiction Writing the Past in Twenty-first-century American Fiction examines contemporary novels profoundly shaped by a sense of historical consciousness. Authors including Ben Lerner, Colson Whitehead, Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru and Garth Greenwell each use flashbacks, historical parallels and non-sequential narrative arrangements to emphasise the re-emergence, in a twenty-first-century context, of historical structures and circumstances. This study explores how these frequent moments of temporal slippage amount to a 'falling out of time', as characters are forced to confront the past crises which continue to exert pressure on their own contemporary moment. Alexandra Lawrie is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh.
Beschrijving
Argues for a reawakened commitment to historicity in contemporary American fiction Writing the Past in Twenty-first-century American Fiction examines contemporary novels profoundly shaped by a sense of historical consciousness. Authors including Ben Lerner, Colson Whitehead, Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru and Garth Greenwell each use flashbacks, historical parallels and non-sequential narrative arrangements to emphasise the re-emergence, in a twenty-first-century context, of historical structures and circumstances. This study explores how these frequent moments of temporal slippage amount to a 'falling out of time', as characters are forced to confront the past crises which continue to exert pressure on their own contemporary moment. Alexandra Lawrie is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh.
Specificaties
Door (auteur) | Lawrie, Alexandra |
Uitgeverij | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
Genre | Literaire non-fictie algemeen |
Uitgave | Zachte kaft |
Aantal pagina's | 208 |
Verschijnt op | 31-05-2024 |
ISBN / EAN | 9781474463454 |
Taal | Engels |