Identity and Cultural Memory in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt: Knitting the Net of Culture

This book provides innovative readings of the key texts of A.S. Byatt's oeuvre by analysing the negotiations of individual identity, cultural memory, and literature which inform Byatt's novels. Steveker explores the concepts of identity constructed in the novels, showing them to be deeply rooted in British literary history and cultural memory.

Author: L. Steveker
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/15/2009
Pages: 190
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780230575332

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 158910 / I Am an Arabian Oryx

About the Author
LENA STEVEKER holds a PhD from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and teaches British Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland University, Germany. She has published articles on contemporary British literature and early modern drama. Her current book project is a co-edited collection of critical essays on the Harry Potter novels.