Ethics and nostalgia in the contemporary novel
In this study, John J. Su explores the relationship between nostalgia and ethics in novels across the English-speaking world. He challenges the tendency in literary studies to characterize memory as positive and nostalgia as necessarily negative. Instead, this book argues that nostalgic fantasies ar...
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oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-354072014-01-19T23:54:27Z Ethics and nostalgia in the contemporary novel Su, John J English fiction History and criticism Nostalgia in literature In this study, John J. Su explores the relationship between nostalgia and ethics in novels across the English-speaking world. He challenges the tendency in literary studies to characterize memory as positive and nostalgia as necessarily negative. Instead, this book argues that nostalgic fantasies are crucial to the ethical visions presented by contemporary novels. From Jean Rhys to Wole Soyinka and from V. S. Naipaul to Toni Morrison, Su identifies nostalgia as a central concern in the twentieth-century novel. 2013-09-05T09:20:08Z 2013-09-05T09:20:08Z 2005 Book https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/35407 en application/pdf Cambridge University |
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In this study, John J. Su explores the relationship between nostalgia and ethics in novels across the English-speaking world. He challenges the tendency in literary studies to characterize memory as positive and nostalgia as necessarily negative. Instead, this book argues that nostalgic fantasies are crucial to the ethical visions presented by contemporary novels. From Jean Rhys to Wole Soyinka and from V. S. Naipaul to Toni Morrison, Su identifies nostalgia as a central concern in the twentieth-century novel. |
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