Literature and The Contemporary: Fictions and Theories of the Present

by Peter Marks and Roger Luckhurst

Book Overview

This new book provides, through twelve essays, evidence of the way in which the literature of the 1990s is constantly engaging in questions of memory and history and the representation of time in the present day. The essays survey theories of temporality from various cultural and philosophical standpoints, and represent critics writing from feminist, postcolonial and 'queer' perspectives discussing literature in 'our time'. The collection addresses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138172693
• ISBN13: 9781138172692
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"