| Memory Across Borders: Nabokov, Perec, Chamoiseau Contributor(s): Cooper, Sara-Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 1910887080 ISBN-13: 9781910887080 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 809.914 |
| LCCN: 2017478067 |
| Series: Transcript |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.06 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Historical memory emerges through dialogue between one generation and the next. But what happens to this dialogue if the children speak a different language to their parents? Literary autobiography offers a space to explore the potential forms of memory in the aftermath of inter-generational linguistic change triggered by violent histories, such as the Holocaust, the Second World War, or imperialism. Through an exploration of the autobiographies of the Russian-American writer, Vladimir Nabokov, the French novelist and poet, Georges Perec, and the Caribbean author, Patrick Chamoiseau, Cooper offers a reflection on the role of migration and linguistic change in shaping twentieth and twenty-first century approaches to memory. Sara-Louise Cooper is a Stipendiary Lecturer in French at Oriel College, Oxford. |
