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Spectral Mourning in Contemporary British Fiction (Paperback)
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Spectral Mourning in Contemporary British Fiction (Paperback)
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This book investigates the motif of spectral mourning in John
Banville's The Sea, Tim Parks' Destiny, and Ian McEwan's The Child
in Time and sheds new light on the conjunction of mourning, mystery
and ghosts in English literature. While the Freudian position of
mourning is taken as a theoretical point of departure, the main
focus is on Jacques Derrida's ethics of mourning and other
contemporary mourning theories which conceive of mourning as an
interminable and irresolvable process. These theories centre on
ethical responsibility to the Other, a discourse in critical theory
that is known as the ethics of alterity, and insist that ethical
mourning involves maintaining the relationship between self and
other rather than breaking the bonds between the living and the
dead. The motif of the spectre looms large in this discourse,
highlighting the liminal aspect of relations between self and other
and the ethical principle of openness. The author argues that
spectral mourning is transformative and humanizing and it is
through ghostly experiences that the bereaved protagonists find
meaning again in life, not in spite of loss but because of loss.
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Imprint: |
Sudwestdeutscher Verlag Fur Hochschulschriften AG
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2009 |
First published: |
September 2009 |
Authors: |
Katharina Bauer
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-8381-1017-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Literacy
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LSN: |
3-8381-1017-X |
Barcode: |
9783838110172 |
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