{"product_id":"9789811950247","title":"Memory and Identity in Modern and Postmodern American Literature","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMemory and Identity in Modern and Postmodern American Literature\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGrmusa, Lovorka Gruic; Oklopcic, Biljana\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book discusses how American literary modernism and postmodernism interconnect memory and identity and if, and how, the intertwining of memory and identity has been related to the dominant socio-cultural trends in the United States or the specific historical contexts in the world. The book’s opening chapter is the interrogation of the narrator’s memories of Jay Gatsby and his life in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e. The second chapter shows how in William Faulkner’s \u003ci\u003eLight in August\u003c\/i\u003e memory impacts the search for identities in the storylines of the characters. The third chapter discusses the correlation between memory, self, and culture in Tennessee Williams’s \u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e. Discussing Robert Coover’s \u003ci\u003eGerald’s Party\u003c\/i\u003e, the fourth chapter reveals that memory and identity are contextualized and that cognitive processes, including memory, are grounded in the body’s interaction with the environment, featuring dehumanized characters, whose identities appear as role-plays. The subsequent chapter is the analysis of how Jonathan Safran Foer’s \u003ci\u003eEverything Is Illuminated\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the heritage of Holocaust memories and postmemories. The last chapter focuses on Thomas Pynchon’s \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, the reconstructive nature of memory, and the politics and production of identity in Southeastern Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2022-09-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789811950247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-981-19-5025-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 197\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47545178488972,"sku":"9789811950247","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789811950247.jpg?v=1776084506","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789811950247","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}