Author

Publication

2001 - University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100802035892
  • ISBN-139780802035899
  • Goodreads2978969
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002284299
  • OCLC Control Number47200975
and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780802035899
  • Better World BooksT3-AGV-975
  • Open LibraryOL3585758M

Classifications

  • DDC823/.9109358
  • LCCPR888.H5 K44 2001
  • LCCPR888.H5K44 2001

Description

"Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction is a discussion of the debates about the uses of the past contained in British fiction since the Falklands crisis. Suzanne Keen provides a detailed examination of the range of contemporary 'romances of the archive,' a genre in which British novelists both deal with the loss of Empire and a nostalgia for the past, and react to the postimperial condition of Great Britain. Keen identifies the genre and explains its literary sources from Edmund Spenser to H. P. Lovecraft and John LeCarre. She also accounts for the rise in popularity of the archival romance and provides a context for understanding the British postimperial preoccupation with history and heritage."--BOOK JACKET.

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  • Romances of the archive in contemporary British fictionUniversity of Toronto Press2001-01-01

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