Enacting Past and Present
| Author | : Michaela M. Grobbel |
| Publisher | : Lexington Books |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2009-01-28 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0739134884 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780739134887 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (887 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Enacting Past and Present by : Michaela M. Grobbel
Download or read book Enacting Past and Present written by Michaela M. Grobbel and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009-01-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a discussion of Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud, Mieke Bal and others, author Michaela Grobbel focuses on the work three women authors as types of performance which lead to re-presentations of memory. These women writers foreground the present but also critically demonstrate the complex relationship of the present to the past. Grobbel's work is a critical addition to any discussion of feminism, memory and literary modernism.
