| Description |
1 online resource (208 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Continuum literary studies series
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Continuum literary studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Archiving Trauma: Paul Auster; Chapter 2. Burying History: Haruki Murakami; Chapter 3. Humanizing History: David Mitchell; Chapter 4. Archiving Melancholy: José Saramago; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Melancholy and the Archive examines how trauma, history and memory are represented in key works of major contemporary writers (David Mitchell, Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami, Jose Saramago). The book explores how these authors construct crucial relationships between sites of memory the archive becomes a central trope here and the self that has been subjected to various traumas, various losses. The archive be it a bureaucratic office (Saramago), an underground bunker (Auster), a geographical space or landscape (Mitchell) or even a hole (Murakami) becomes the means by which the self attempts to pr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Melancholy in literature.
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Melancholy in literature. |
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Memory in literature.
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Memory in literature. |
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Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Melancholy and the Archive. Continuum Intl Pub Group 2011 9781441124128 (OCoLC)657602812 |
| ISBN |
9781441152169 (electronic book) |
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1441152164 (electronic book) |
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9781441124128 |
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1441124128 |
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