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This study applies the concept of postmemory, developed in Holocaust studies, to novels by contemporary British writers. The first monograph-length study of postmemory in British fiction, it focuses on a group of texts about the World Wars. -- .

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
i. “Flickering at the Edge of My Childhood”
ii. Graham Swift: “Finding out what Father Was Made Of”
3. Regenerating the past: fact and fiction in the Regeneration Trilogy
4. “In the beginning was the word; and to that it came back in the long run”: Briony Tallis and Atonement
5. Lesbian postmemory: Haunted ‘history’ in The Night Watch
6. Conclusion: “…it may help the reader to know what is historical and what is not”
Bibliography
Index

Reading Behind the Lines

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 30 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9780719088933
      978-0719088933
      ISBN-10 719088933

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study applies the concept of postmemory, developed in Holocaust studies, to novels by contemporary British writers. The first monograph-length study of postmemory in British fiction, it focuses on a group of texts about the World Wars. -- .

      Table of Contents

      1. Introduction
      i. “Flickering at the Edge of My Childhood”
      ii. Graham Swift: “Finding out what Father Was Made Of”
      3. Regenerating the past: fact and fiction in the Regeneration Trilogy
      4. “In the beginning was the word; and to that it came back in the long run”: Briony Tallis and Atonement
      5. Lesbian postmemory: Haunted ‘history’ in The Night Watch
      6. Conclusion: “…it may help the reader to know what is historical and what is not”
      Bibliography
      Index

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