| Titre : | Literature and the contemporary : fictions and theories of the present / |
| Auteurs : | Roger Luckhurst ; Peter Marks |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Harlow : Longman, 1999 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-582-31203-6 |
| Format : | 216 p. / 22 cm |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 809.0 |
| Mots-clés: | Literature, the contemporary |
| Résumé : |
At the end of the century, much criticism has become devoted to `last things': the end of history, the end of the subject, the end of the novel, the end, even, of the end. Literature and the Contemporary, in contrast, aims to provide through twelve essays evidence of the way in which the literature of the 1990s is constantly engaging in questions of memory and history and the representation of time in the present day.
The essays in the book survey theories of temporality from various cultural and philosophical standpoints, and represent critics writing from feminist, postcolonial and `queer' perspectives discussing literature in `our time'. The collection addresses such central issues as the politics of memory, colonial legacies, women's time, racial and sexual identities in the 1990s, and covers a wide range of contemporary authors, works and issues, some of which are treated for the first time. Among the contemporary works discussed are the prize-winning books Graham Swift's Last Orders, Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces, and Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres. |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLA022011 | L00076 | uu | Fonds propre-bibliotheque centrale | inconnu | Consultation sur place Exclu du prêt |
