Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction

by Suzanne Keen

Book Overview

Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction is a lively discussion of the debates about the uses of the past contained in British fiction since the Falklands crisis. Drawing on a diverse and original body of work, Suzanne Keen provides a detailed examination of the range of contemporary 'romances of the archive, ' a genre in which British novelists both deal with the loss of Empire and a nostalgia for the past, and react to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802086845
• ISBN13: 9780802086846
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"