| Writers' Houses and the Making of Memory Contributor(s): Hendrix, Harald (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415957427 ISBN-13: 9780415957427 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: This book examines the ways in which writers' houses contribute to the making of memory. It shows that houses built or inhabited by poets and novelists both reflect and construct the author's private and artistic persona; it also demonstrates how this materialized process of self-fashioning is subsequently appropriated within various strategies and policies of cultural memory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 809 |
| LCCN: 2007007172 |
| Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.5" W x 9.31" (1.16 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This innovative new book examines the ways in which writers' houses contribute to the making of memory. It shows that houses built or inhabited by poets and novelists both reflect and construct the author's private and artistic persona; it also demonstrates how this materialized process of self-fashioning is subsequently appropriated within various strategies and policies of cultural memory. |