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This book is an opportune warning that alienation, estrangement and
intentional diminishment serve as a cancer upon those who disburse
it. The outsider suffers by being alone; the insider suffers even
more by being forever known as a hypocrite who perpetuates
dystopia. It uses literature as a hothouse for poisonous potted
plants, the workings of a mind in turmoil and the exploration of a
society or societies that seems to derive pleasure from others'
ruin. Fears, Doubts, and Joy of Not Belonging considers themes that
are biblical in scope from different societies and historical
epochs. It is a sobering spiritual enlightenment of a child's
"silent treatment" in adult form. The text complements language
engineers and social scientists who are on a quest or search for
how the individual responds to pressure that is unexpected,
ill-conceived and in desperate need of alleviation. Not only does
this particular type of cancer differ from the type a surgeon can
treat, the stage at which this malady is diagnosed causes far more
problems than if it were dealt with head on. Pursuing numerous
examples of estrangement, this diverse text delves into a wide
spectrum of human behavior while coming to the realization that
these problems are universal and have been with us for a long, long
time. The purpose of resistance, individuality and personal
identity is to rise above these obstacles without losing hope,
resilience or optimism.
This book is a timely humanistic touch to memory studies. It uses
literature as a laboratory for the workings of the mind, and
characters as the subjects of human experimentation and
diagnostics. This book considers authors from different societies
and historical periods. The book is a refreshing illumination on
the functioning of human memory. It complements the work of
neuroscientists who seek to rationalize the workings of the same.
Drawing from various ideas on memory, this rich and authoritative
volume results from wide-ranging endeavors centered on the common
fact that tracking memory in literature provides an astounding
vista of orientations covered in its separate chapters. The writers
examined in the various chapters become mediums for unleashing
memory and its reconfiguration into artistic images. The ten
separate chapters investigate different aspects of memory in such
memoric associations as power, music, resistance, trauma, and
identity. It is therefore no surprise that the editors should
consider this book as "a veritable menu for everything needed for
an unforgettable memory banquet."
The novels of Henry James provide a wide spectrum of figures that
lack the flexibility to adapt and meet the needs of their children.
Louise Barnett asserts that James's literary families are a group
of people "whose underlying constant is the tragic paradox that
blood relations are both essential and unreliable" (Barnett, 144).
The figures placed within these settings are often a grotesque
conglomerate of unsuccessful marriages and absentee relations in
which parents practice unhealthy patterns of behavior and
negatively influence their children before they have a chance to
mature into full grown adults.
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