We Search the Past . for Our Own Lost Selves. : Representations of Historical Experience in Recent American Fiction

Marta Koval

ISBN 10: 363162610X / ISBN 13: 9783631626108

Published by Peter Lang AG, 2013

Using the concepts of memory and experience, the author points at the ways in which subjective history has been created in the new novel about history, written by such authors as William Gass, Richard Powers, Marilynne Robinson, Nicholson Baker, Aleksandar Hemon, and Jeffrey Eugenides. Series: Gdansk Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438. . 2013. New edition. Hardcover. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9783631626108

Synopsis:

The book is a study of the most recent American fiction, published at the turn of the 21th century, which demonstrates a renewed interest in the matters of history. Using the concepts of memory and experience, the author points at the ways in which subjective history has been created in the new «novel about history», written by such authors as William Gass, Richard Powers, Marilynne Robinson, Nicholson Baker, Aleksandar Hemon, and Jeffrey Eugenides. Theoretically, the study has been inspired by the works of Aleida Assmann, Hayden White, Reinhart Koselleck, Frank Ankersmit, and Dominick LaCapra.

About the Author: Marta Koval teaches American literature and culture in the Institute of English and American Studies of University of Gdańsk (Poland). Her interests and publications cover contemporary American literature and its theoretical contexts.

Bibliographic Details

Title: We Search the Past . for Our Own Lost Selves...
Publisher: Peter Lang AG
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New