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V. Stewart

Narratives of Memory

British Writing of the 1940s. 1st edition 2006. Sprachen: Englisch. 21,6 cm / 14,0 cm / 1,3 cm ( B/H/T )
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228 Seiten
Oktober 2006
Palgrave Macmillan

This book identifies memory a previously unexamined concern in both literary and popular writing of the 1940s. Emphasizing the use of memory as a structural device, this book traces developments in narrative, during and immediately after the war. Authors include Margery Allingham, Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Patrick Hamilton and Denton Welch.

VICTORIA STEWART is Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Leicester, UK. She is also the author of Women's Autobiography: War and Trauma (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).

Acknowledgements Introduction Remembering the Last War Damaged Minds: Crime and Detection Remembering the Country In Time of War Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index