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UNINA9910781762503321 |
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Autore |
Rostek Joanna |
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Seaing through the past [[electronic resource] ] : postmodern histories and the maritime metaphor in contemporary anglophone fiction / / Joanna Rostek |
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Amsterdam, : Editions Rodopi, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-25049-7 |
9786613250490 |
94-012-0079-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (358 p.) |
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Collana |
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Postmodern studies ; ; 47 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sea in literature |
Postmodernism (Literature) |
Seafaring life in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- New Histories – Old Metaphor -- Wavering Biographies: Remembering Individual Histories -- Salvaging the Self: Narratives of Personal Trauma -- Influential Sources: Discourses of Origin and the Politics of Power -- Reclaiming the Drowned: Post/Colonial Histories -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From Daniel Defoe to Joseph Conrad, from Virginia Woolf to Derek Walcott, the sea has always been an inspiring setting and a powerful symbol for generations of British and Anglophone writers. Seaing through the Past is the first study to explicitly address the enduring relevance of the maritime metaphor in contemporary Anglophone fiction through in-depth readings of fourteen influential and acclaimed novels published in the course of the last three decades. The book trenchantly argues that in contemporary fiction, maritime imagery gives expression to postmodernism’s troubled relationship with historical knowledge, as theorised by Hayden White, Linda Hutcheon, and others. The texts in question are interpreted against the backdrop of four aspects of metahistorical problematisation. Thus, among others, Iris |
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