"...something that people can´t do without"

The Concepts of Memory and the Past in the Work of Penelope Lively and Other Contemporary British Writers

Kerstin Ebel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XII, 407 Seiten

2004
Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg
978-3-8253-1579-5 (ISBN)

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Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the study examines in how far a selection of psychological and historical theories might help to uncover further levels of meaning in postmodern, metahistorical fiction. While the book centres on the work of Penelope Lively, novels by other contemporary British writers serve as comparisons. The texts are read against different models of personal and collective memory and investigated in the context of various historical concepts, analysing their particular approach to the subjective nature of 'reality'. With regard to the interdependence of public and private memory in fictional texts, the study highlights that, more often than not, the principles at work in memory can be transfered to historical developments at large and vice versa.

Bisherige Forschungsschwerpunkte der Autorin:
Contemporary English fiction, British cultural studies

Reihe/Serie	Anglistische Forschungen ; 332
Zusatzinfo	2 Abb.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 245 mm
Gewicht	823 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Erinnerung (Motiv) • Geschichte (Motiv) • HC/Englische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • Lively, Penelope • Roman
ISBN-10	3-8253-1579-7 / 3825315797
ISBN-13	978-3-8253-1579-5 / 9783825315795
Zustand	Neuware