Afterlife and Narrative in Contemporary Fiction
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Alice Bennett | ISBN: | 9781137022691 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | July 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alice Bennett |
| ISBN: | 9781137022691 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | July 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Afterlife and Narrative explores why life after death is such a potent cultural concept today, and why it is such an attractive prospect for modern fiction. The book mines a rich vein of imagined afterlives, from the temporal experiments of Martin Amis's Time's Arrow to narration from heaven in Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones .
Afterlife and Narrative explores why life after death is such a potent cultural concept today, and why it is such an attractive prospect for modern fiction. The book mines a rich vein of imagined afterlives, from the temporal experiments of Martin Amis's Time's Arrow to narration from heaven in Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones .
