Conrad, Autobiographical Remembering, and the Making of Narrative Identity (Routledge Auto/Biography Studies) - Softcover

Yao, Xiaoling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032383410 ISBN 13: 9781032383415

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

Drawing on recent studies on life writing, memory, the narrative turn, and psychology, Conrad, Autobiographical Remembering, and the Making of Narrative Identity is the first major work that extensively explores the dynamic interplay between Conrad’s autobiographical remembering and storytelling in relation to his identity construction within a historical and cultural context. This unique perspective makes the book particularly attractive for students, teachers, and researchers of Conrad. Contrary to the prevalent "achievement-and-decline" paradigm that implies a decline in quality of Conrad’s works in his later period, this volume contends that Conrad’s later works continue to engage with the complex questions of memory, identity, and culture, demonstrating a sustained commitment to exploring the intricacies of the human experiences. Essential reading for Conrad enthusiasts, but also for those who seek to explore how memory studies in literature intersect with psychology, philosophy, and cultural studies.

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About the Author

Xiaoling Yao is Lecturer of English at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. She obtained her PhD in English Literature from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests include memory, narrative identity, spatiality, and modernist literature and culture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032383410
• ISBN 13: 9781032383415
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200