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Author Alden, Natasha, author.

Title Reading behind the lines : postmemory in contemporary British war fiction / Natasha Alden.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 228 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Regenerating the past : fact and fiction in the Regeneration trilogy -- "In the beginning was the word; and to that it came back in the long run" : Briony Tallis and Atonement -- Lesbian postmemory : haunted "history" in The night watch -- Conclusion.
Summary This study applies the concept of postmemory, developed in Holocaust studies, to novels by contemporary British writers. The first monograph-length study of postmemory in British fiction, it focuses on a group of texts about the World Wars.
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Subject English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject War in literature.
War in literature.
Memory in literature.
Memory in literature.
History in literature.
History in literature.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Hardback 9780719088933
ISBN 1526102609 (e-book)
9781526102607 (e-book)
9781781706367 (electronic book)
1781706360 (electronic book)
9780719088933
0719088933