Research Catalog

Title

Dreams, nightmares and empty signifiers : the English country house in the contemporary novel / Urszula Terentowicz-Fotyga.

Author

Terentowicz-Fotyga, Urszula,

Publication

• Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang Edition, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Description

268 pages; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Mediated fictions : Studies in verbal and visual narratives, 2194-5918 ; volume 7

Uniform Title

Mediated fictions ; v. 7.

Alternative Title

English country house in the contemporary novel

Subject

• Aristocracy (Social class) in literature
• British in literature
• Country homes in literature
• English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism
• English fiction > 21st century > Themes, motives

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Country-house dreaming. The land where dreams come true: Julian Fellowes' Snobs -- The palace of art. Alan Hollinghurst's The line of beauty -- Subverting the myth. Kazuo Ishiguro's The remains of the day -- Conclusion -- Country-house nightmares. The other, odder, rarer realm: Sarah Waters' The little stranger -- Everything had stopped when he stopped being able to imagine it: Helen Dunmore's A spell of winter -- Evil plots do not happen here: Sarah Waters' Fingersmith -- Conclusion -- The country house as (meta) fiction. The emptiness, so soon to be filled: Toby Litt's Finding myself -- The worrying air of cliche and unreality: Alan Hollinghurst's The stranger's child -- An artificial place on an artificial island: Ian McEwan's Atonement -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9783631657157
• 9783653050066 (canceled/invalid)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library