Atrocity and Amnesia : The Political Novel Since 1945
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| Title: | Atrocity and Amnesia : The Political Novel Since 1945 |
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| Description: | Working deliberately against the grain of assumptions dominant in the contemporary literary academy, Boyers examines novels by Günter Grass, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Milan Kundera and others, arguing that it is necessary to speak of character, ethics, and philosophic purpose if one is to understand these works. A penetrating study, Atrocity and Amnesia illuminates some of the major fiction of our time and makes an important contribution to contemporary political thought. |
| Authors: | Robert Boyers |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Political fiction--History and criticism, Fiction--History and criticism.--20th century |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Working deliberately against the grain of assumptions dominant in the contemporary literary academy, Boyers examines novels by Günter Grass, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Milan Kundera and others, arguing that it is necessary to speak of character, ethics, and philosophic purpose if one is to understand these works. A penetrating study, Atrocity and Amnesia illuminates some of the major fiction of our time and makes an important contribution to contemporary political thought. |
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| ISBN: | 9780195050820 9780195036206 9780195364101 |
