Amnesia and redress in contemporary American fiction
Subtitle: counterhistory
By: Marni Gauthier
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: American literature readings in the twenty first century; American literature readings in the 21st century
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780230115774
Subjects: Truthfulness and falsehood in literature; American fiction; History and criticism; Collective memory in literature; Memory
Description: Introduction: contemporary historical fiction and a politics of truth -- The downfall of the empire and the emergence of detergents: underhistory in Don DeLillo's historical novels -- The other side of paradise: Toni Morrison's (un)making of mythic history -- A politics of truth and the transnational comm(unity) of abolitionists: Michelle Cliff's Free enterprise -- Transnational empire and its exuberant (dis)contents: Bharati Mukherjee's Holder of the world -- Truth-telling fiction in a post-9/11 world: Don Delillo's Falling man and Julie Otsuka's When the emperor was divine -- Epilogue: looking back is looking forward.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: contemporary historical fiction and a politics of truth; title: The downfall of the empire and the emergence of detergents: underhistory in Don DeLillo's historical novels; title: The other side of paradise: Toni Morrison's (un)making of mythic history; title: A politics of truth and the transnational comm(unity) of abolitionists: Michelle Cliff's Free enterprise; title: Transnational empire and its exuberant (dis)contents: Bharati Mukherjee's Holder of the world; title: Truth-telling fiction in a post-9/11 world: Don Delillo's Falling man and Julie Otsuka's When the emperor was divine; title: Epilogue: looking back is looking forward.