Genealogical fictions: cultural periphery and historical change in the modern novel

"Taking its cue from recent theories of literary geography and fiction, Genealogical Fictions argues that narratives of familial decline shape the history of the modern novel, as well as the novel's relationship to history. Stories of families in crisis, Jobst Welge argues, reflect the exp...

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Beteilige Person: Welge, Jobst 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:"Taking its cue from recent theories of literary geography and fiction, Genealogical Fictions argues that narratives of familial decline shape the history of the modern novel, as well as the novel's relationship to history. Stories of families in crisis, Jobst Welge argues, reflect the experience of historical and social change in regions or nations perceived as "peripheral." Though geographically and temporally diverse, the novels Welge considers all demonstrate a relation among family and national history, genealogical succession, and generational experience, along with social change and modernization. Welge's wide-ranging comparative study focuses on the novels of the late nineteenth century, but it also includes detailed analyses of the pre-Victorian origin of the genealogical-historical novel and the evolution of similar themes in twentieth-century literature.
Beschreibung:Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:X, 254 S.
ISBN:142141435X
9781421414355