History and Cultural Memory in Neo-Victorian Fiction
Victorian Afterimages
Published on 16. July 2010
Book
Hardback
IX, 222 pages
978-0-230-22858-0 (ISBN)
Description
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. Arguing that neo-Victorian fiction enacts and celebrates cultural memory, this book uses memory discourse to position these novels as dynamic participants in the contemporary historical imaginary.
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Edition
2010
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
IX, 222 p. 1 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 14 cm
Weight
425 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-22858-0 (9780230228580)
DOI
10.1057/9780230283121
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
07/2010
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
KATE MITCHELL is a Lecturer in English Literature at the Australian National University, Australia.
Content
Acknowledgements Introduction: 'I told You we'd been invaded by Victoriana' Memory Texts: History, Fiction and the Historical Imaginary Contemporary Victorian(ism)s A Fertile Excess: Waterland, Desire and the Historical Sublime (Dis)Possessing Knowledge: A. S. Byatt's Possession: A Romance 'Making it seem like it's authentic': the faux-Victorian Novel as Cultural Memory in Affinity and Fingersmith 'The alluring patina of loss': Photography, Memory, and Memory Texts in Sixty Lights and Afterimage Conclusion: 'What will count as history?' Endnotes Bibliography Index A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org.