The Scripted Self

by Christie, Ruth

• ISBN13: 9780856686641
• ISBN10: 0856686646
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-01-01
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Nostalgia for a prescribed identity in Todas las almas by Javier Marias	p. 15
Memory and oblivion: personal and rural identities in the narrative writings of Julio Llamazares	p. 31
Place, memory and death in Jose Maria Merino, El caldero de oro and Cuentos del Barrio del Refugio	p. 49
Autobiography as fiction in Todas las almas by Javier Marias	p. 65
Double identity: Memory, duplicity and dissimulation in Antonio Munoz Molina's Beltenebros	p. 83
'La soledad de las islas': towards a topography of identity in Belen Gopegui, La escala de los mapas, and Juan Jose Millas, La soledad era esto	p. 99
Modernity and postmodernity: Personal and textual identities in Juan Goytisolo's Makbara	p. 117
Self-writing and 'lo que pudo ser' in Corazon tan blanco by Javier Marias	p. 135
Postmodern identities: writing by women and Rosa Montero's Amado amo	p. 153
Conclusion	p. 169
Bibliography	p. 175
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