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Genealogical Fictions: Cultural Periphery and Historical Change in the Modern Novel
Jobst Welge
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Description for Genealogical Fictions: Cultural Periphery and Historical Change in the Modern Novel
Hardback. This book should be of interest to students and scholars of comparative literature, world literature, and the history and theory of the modern novel. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Taking its cue from recent theories of literary geography and fiction, Genealogical Fictions argues that narratives of familial decline shape the history of the modern novel, as well as the novel's relationship to history. Stories of families in crisis, Jobst Welge argues, reflect the experience of historical and social change in regions or nations perceived as "peripheral." Though geographically and temporally diverse, the novels Welge considers all demonstrate a relation among family and national history, genealogical succession, and generational experience, along with social change and modernization. Welge's wide-ranging comparative study focuses on the novels of the late nineteenth century, but ... Read more
Taking its cue from recent theories of literary geography and fiction, Genealogical Fictions argues that narratives of familial decline shape the history of the modern novel, as well as the novel's relationship to history. Stories of families in crisis, Jobst Welge argues, reflect the experience of historical and social change in regions or nations perceived as "peripheral." Though geographically and temporally diverse, the novels Welge considers all demonstrate a relation among family and national history, genealogical succession, and generational experience, along with social change and modernization. Welge's wide-ranging comparative study focuses on the novels of the late nineteenth century, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421414355
SKU
V9781421414355
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About Jobst Welge
Jobst Welge teaches Romance literature and cultural studies at the University of Konstanz.
Reviews for Genealogical Fictions: Cultural Periphery and Historical Change in the Modern Novel
"Jobst Welge's impressive new book... argues deftly for an intimate relation between national geography and historical narrative." Times Literary Supplement "Jobst Welge's impressive new book... argues deftly for an intimate relation between national geography and historical narrative."
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