Outward evil, inward battle
Subtitle: human memory in literature
By: edited by Benjamin Hart Fishkin, Adaku T. Ankumah, Festus Fru Ndeh, Bill F. Ndi
Publisher: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Mankon, Bamenda
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9789956790166
Subjects: Memory in literature
Description: This book is a timely humanistic touch to memory studies. It uses literature as a laboratory for the workings of the mind, and characters as the subjects of human experimentation and diagnostics. This book considers authors from different societies and historical periods. The book is a refreshing illumination on the functioning of human memory. It complements the work of neuroscientists who seek to rationalize the workings of the same. Drawing from various ideas on memory, this rich and authoritative volume results from wide-ranging endeavors centered on the common fact that tracking memory in.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1. Power; title: section 2. Music; title: section 3. Resistance; title: section 4. Trauma; title: section 5. Cultural identity.