The counter-memorial impulse in twentieth-century English fiction

By Sarah Henstra

Subjects: English Authors, History, Grief in literature, Memorials in literature, Grief, Political and social views, History and criticism, English fiction, Literature and society, Authors, english, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Political aspects

Description: "A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson demonstrate how narrative experimentation in this period responds to socio-historic conditions like post-imperial melancholy, nuclear fear and homophobia"--Provided by publisher.