Format:
X, 254 S.
ISBN:
1-4214-1435-X
,
978-1-4214-1435-5
Content:
"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 it also includes detailed analyses of the pre-Victorian origin of the genealogical-historical novel and the evolution of similar themes in twentieth-century literature.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 1-4214-1436-8
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-4214-1436-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
,
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Roman
;
Familie
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Familienroman
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Welge, Jobst, 1969-
