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Bhabha, in his preface, writes 'Nations, like narratives, lose their origins in the myths of time and only fully encounter their horizons in the mind's eye'.
From this seemingly impossibly metaphorical beginning, this volume confronts the realities of the concept of nationhood as it is lived and the profound ambivalence of language as it is written. From Gillian Beer's reading of Virginia Woolf, Rachel Bowlby's cultural history of Uncle Tom's Cabin and Francis Mulhern's study of Leaviste's 'English ethics'; to Doris Sommer's study of the 'magical realism' of Latin American fiction and Sneja Gunew's analysis of Australian writing, Nation and Narration is a celebration of the fact that English is no longer an English national consciousness, which is not nationalist, but is the only thing that will give us an international dimension.
From this seemingly impossibly metaphorical beginning, this volume confronts the realities of the concept of nationhood as it is lived and the profound ambivalence of language as it is written. From Gillian Beer's reading of Virginia Woolf, Rachel Bowlby's cultural history of Uncle Tom's Cabin and Francis Mulhern's study of Leaviste's 'English ethics'; to Doris Sommer's study of the 'magical realism' of Latin American fiction and Sneja Gunew's analysis of Australian writing, Nation and Narration is a celebration of the fact that English is no longer an English national consciousness, which is not nationalist, but is the only thing that will give us an international dimension.
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Markus Wahl is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the History of Medicine at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Stuttgart, Germany. In his current project, he investigates the experiences of patients with diabetes, sexually transmitted diseases, and alcohol addiction in the socialist healthcare system of East Germany. In 2017, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Kent. His most recent publication was 'The Workhouse Dresden-Leuben After 1945: A Microstudy of Local Continuities in Postwar East Germany', Journal of Contemporary History (Online First: Published 26 July 2018). In general, his research interests include Modern German History, Social History of Medicine, Socialist History, Memory and Addiction Studies as well as broader studies of sexual health in the past and around the world.
'Manages to embrace a number of theoretical positions, and individual contributions sometimes achieve a commendable clarity and insight.' - Mr D Hall, Norwich Art & Design Schl
Nation and Narration is provocative in its rewriting of much received wisdom, and will foment debate on an area of literary criticism that has been neglected for far too long.' - Times Literary Supplement
Nation and Narration is provocative in its rewriting of much received wisdom, and will foment debate on an area of literary criticism that has been neglected for far too long.' - Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1990
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- Number of pages352
- EditorBhabha Homi K.
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