Amnesia and Redress in Contemporary American Fiction: Counterhistory

By Marni Gauthier

Book Overview

This book shows how a political and cultural dynamic of amnesia and truth telling shapes literary constructions of history. Gauthier focuses on the works of Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Michelle Cliff, Bharati Mukherjee, and Julie Otsuka.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230115772
• ISBN13: 9780230115774
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"