03258nam 22007811c 450 991082733270332120200115203623.01-4411-8535-61-4725-4263-01-283-11420-897866131142041-4411-5216-410.5040/9781472542632(CKB)2670000000092488(EBL)692805(OCoLC)726734878(SSID)ssj0000524139(PQKBManifestationID)12250964(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524139(PQKBWorkID)10546882(PQKB)11089414(MiAaPQ)EBC692805(Au-PeEL)EBL692805(CaPaEBR)ebr10470203(CaONFJC)MIL311420(OCoLC)732958664(UtOrBLW)bpp09255851(MiAaPQ)EBC6163760(MiAaPQ)EBC1744089(Au-PeEL)EBL1744089(OCoLC)884017460(EXLCZ)99267000000009248820140929d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMelancholy and the archivetrauma, memory, and history in the contemporary novelJonathan Boulter1st ed.London New York Continuum 2011.1 online resource (217 p.)Continuum literary studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-62356-992-3 1-4411-2412-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-203) and indexIntroduction -- Part I: The Material Archive -- 1. Archiving Trauma: Paul Auster -- 2. Burying History: Haruki Murakami -- Part II: The Imaginary Archive -- 3. Humanizing History: David Mitchell -- 4. Archiving Melancholy: Jose Saramago -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- IndexMelancholy and the Archive examines how trauma, history and memory are represented in key works of major contemporary writers (David Mitchell, Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami, Jose Saramago). The book explores how these authors construct crucial relationships between sites of memory the archive becomes a central trope here and the self that has been subjected to various traumas, various losses. The archive be it a bureaucratic office (Saramago), an underground bunker (Auster), a geographical space or landscape (Mitchell) or even a hole (Murakami) becomes the means by which the self attempts to prContinuum literary studies.Melancholy in literatureLiterary studies: from c 1900 -Memory in literatureFiction20th centuryHistory and criticismFiction21st centuryHistory and criticismMelancholy in literature.Memory in literature.FictionHistory and criticism.FictionHistory and criticism.809.93353Boulter Jonathan1967-1646876UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910827332703321Melancholy and the archive4025750UNINA