History made, history imagined : contemporary literature, poiesis, and the past / David W. Price.
| Author/creator | Price, David W., 1957- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1999. |
| Description | x, 338 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: contending with history -- Making the truth: history, fiction, and philosophy -- Imagining the past: Carlos Fuentes's Terra nostra -- Experiencing the past: Susan Daitch's L.C. -- Critiquing the past: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's children -- Redeeming the past: Michel Tournier's Le roi des aulnes -- Improvising the past: Ishmael Reed's Mumbo jumbo -- Narrating the past: Graham Swift's Waterland -- Inventing the past: Mario Vargas Llosa's El hablador -- Postscript: annihilating the past. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-329) and index. |
| LCCN | 98058031 |
| ISBN | 0252024680 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0252067762 (paperback : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | D16.8 .P737 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |