Romances of the archive in contemporary British fiction / Suzanne Keen.
Romances of the archive in contemporary British fiction / Suzanne Keen.
Romances of the archive in contemporary British fiction / Suzanne Keen.
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Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2001.
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N823.91409/20
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English
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Physical content
x, 288 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Contemporary Fiction, Postimperial Conditions: Romances of the Archive -- 2. Romances of the Archive: Identifying Characteristics: A. S. Byatt and Julian Barnes -- 3. Wellsprings: Edmund Spenser, Henry James, H. P. Lovecraft, Josephine Tey, Umberto Eco -- 4. History or Heritage?: Penelope Lively,...
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Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2001.
Place of Publication
Ontario
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
"Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction is a discussion of the debates about the uses of the past contained in British fiction since the Falklands crisis. Suzanne Keen provides a detailed examination of the range of contemporary 'romances of the archive,' a genre in which British novelists both deal with the loss of Empire and a no...
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Romances of the archive in contemporary British fiction / Suzanne Keen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-272) and index.
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N823.91409/20
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74Vvbv6aXOPy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvbv6aXOPy
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ISBN
0802035892 (acid-free paper)
9780802035899 (acid-free paper)
DDC
823.9109358
823.91409
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991014776019702626
