Against Amnesia - Contemporary Women Writers and the Crises of Historical Memory

"An important study in American literature."--

About the author

Nancy J. Peterson is Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Purdue University.

Summary

Addresses the postmodernist debate over the possibility and relevance of documentary and official histories. This work examines the struggles toward collective memory in a wealth of contemporary women's writing.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy J Peterson, Nancy J. Peterson
• Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2001
• EAN: 9780812235944
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-3594-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 224 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: Penn Studies in Contemporary A; Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction; Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction; Penn Studies in Contemporary A
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies