The Counter-Memorial Impulse in Twentieth-Century English Fiction

Henstra, S.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-11-12

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230577145

DOI: 10.1057/9780230297357

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 182