Ethics and nostalgia in the contemporary novel / John J. Su.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 226 pages)Content type:- text
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- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Nostalgia in literature
- Ethics in literature
- Roman anglais -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- 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
- 1900-1999
- 823.9109353 22
- PR881 .S799 2005eb
- 17.90
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223) and index.
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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.
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