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"Mourning, Modernism, Postmodernism traces the emergence of a fundamentally new way of writing about individual and collective mourning, demonstrating how a refusal of consolation and closure succeeds in promoting a progressive cultural politics crucial for reimaging gender, racial, and sexual...

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Main Author: Clewell, Tammy, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Grief in literature.
Grief > Political aspects.
Modernism (Literature)
Postmodernism (Literature)
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Summary:"Mourning, Modernism, Postmodernism traces the emergence of a fundamentally new way of writing about individual and collective mourning, demonstrating how a refusal of consolation and closure succeeds in promoting a progressive cultural politics crucial for reimaging gender, racial, and sexual subjects"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:viii, 185 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230231948 (hardback)
0230231942 (hardback)