Narrative desire and historical reparations
Subtitle: A.S. Byatt, Ian McEwan, Salmon Rushdie
By: by Tim S. Gauthier.
Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Byatt, A. S. 1936- -- Knowledge -- History.; Rushdie, Salman.; McEwan, Ian.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century.; Reparations for historical injustices.; History in literature.; Desire in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207 ) and index.
Table of contents: title: History, anxiety, and narrative desire; title: To speak with the dead : possession and A.S. Byatt's neo-Victorian fiction; title: Black dogs : Ian McEwan's post-holocaust anxiety; title: The palimpsest of history : Salman Rushdie's Midnight's children; title: Conclusion.