02559nam 2200565 450 991077983720332120200520144314.00-7391-1581-20-7391-5597-0(CKB)2550000001109918(EBL)1331623(OCoLC)854977826(SSID)ssj0000954048(PQKBManifestationID)12335956(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000954048(PQKBWorkID)10937513(PQKB)11343048(MiAaPQ)EBC1331623(Au-PeEL)EBL1331623(CaPaEBR)ebr10934835(CaONFJC)MIL509866(EXLCZ)99255000000110991820140930h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHistory's place nostalgia and the city in French Algerian literature /Seth GraebnerLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2007.©20071 online resource (357 p.)After the Empire: the Francophone World and Postcolonial FranceDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-1582-0 1-299-78615-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Table of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Out of Time and Out of Place; 1 Louis Bertrand and the Building of l'Afrique latine; 2 Robert Randau and the Algerianisies' Algeria; 3 The Roman indigène: Anthropological Fiction and Its Consequences; 4 1930: The Cult of Memory; 5 Broken Idylls: Audisio, Camus, and Roblès; 6 Kateb Yacine and the Ruins of the Present; 7 Mohammed in the Métro: Remembering 17 October 1961 and the Novels of Rachid Boudjedra; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexHistory's Place explores nostalgia as one of the defining aspects of the relationship between France and North Africa. Dr. Seth Graebner argues that France's most important colony developed a historical consciousness through literature, and that post-colonial writers revised it while retaining its dominant effect.Algerian literature (French)History and criticismAlgerian literature (French)History and criticism.840.9/965Graebner Seth1970-1516774MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779837203321History's place3753449UNINA