Ethics and nostalgia in the contemporary novel /
Su, John J.
Ethics and nostalgia in the contemporary novel / John J. Su. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (vii, 226 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: nostalgia, ethics, and contemporary Anglophone literature; CHAPTER 1 Narratives of return: locating ethics in the age of globalization; CHAPTER 2 Nostalgia and narrative ethics in Caribbean literature; CHAPTER 3 "Loss was in the order of things": recalling loss, reclaiming place in Native American fiction; CHAPTER 4 Refiguring national character: the remains of the British estate novel; CHAPTER 5 Appeasing an embittered history: trauma and nationhood in the writings of Achebe and Soyinka.
In this original and wide-ranging study, John J. Su explores the relationship between nostalgia and ethics in novels across the English-speaking world. From Jean Rhys to Wole Soyinka and from V.S. Naipaul to Toni Morrison, Su identifies nostalgia as a central concern in the twentieth-century novel.
English.
0511137567 (electronic bk.) 9780511137563 (electronic bk.) 0511134428 (electronic bk.) 9780511134425 (electronic bk.) 0511135394 9780511135392 9780511485398 (electronic bk.) 0511485395 (electronic bk.) (Cloth) 1280284218 9781280284212 0511201761 9780511201769 0511311885 9780511311888
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Uk
1900-1999
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Nostalgia in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Nostalgie dans la littérature.
Morale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Ethics in literature.
Nostalgia in literature.
Ethik
Nostalgie
Heimwee.
Ethiek.
Romans.
Roman.
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR881 / .S799 2005eb
823.9109353
Ethics and nostalgia in the contemporary novel / John J. Su. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (vii, 226 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: nostalgia, ethics, and contemporary Anglophone literature; CHAPTER 1 Narratives of return: locating ethics in the age of globalization; CHAPTER 2 Nostalgia and narrative ethics in Caribbean literature; CHAPTER 3 "Loss was in the order of things": recalling loss, reclaiming place in Native American fiction; CHAPTER 4 Refiguring national character: the remains of the British estate novel; CHAPTER 5 Appeasing an embittered history: trauma and nationhood in the writings of Achebe and Soyinka.
In this original and wide-ranging study, John J. Su explores the relationship between nostalgia and ethics in novels across the English-speaking world. From Jean Rhys to Wole Soyinka and from V.S. Naipaul to Toni Morrison, Su identifies nostalgia as a central concern in the twentieth-century novel.
English.
0511137567 (electronic bk.) 9780511137563 (electronic bk.) 0511134428 (electronic bk.) 9780511134425 (electronic bk.) 0511135394 9780511135392 9780511485398 (electronic bk.) 0511485395 (electronic bk.) (Cloth) 1280284218 9781280284212 0511201761 9780511201769 0511311885 9780511311888
GBA582265 bnb
Uk
1900-1999
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Nostalgia in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Nostalgie dans la littérature.
Morale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Ethics in literature.
Nostalgia in literature.
Ethik
Nostalgie
Heimwee.
Ethiek.
Romans.
Roman.
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR881 / .S799 2005eb
823.9109353