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Author Townsend, Tamara L

Title Memory and identity in the narratives of Soledad Puértolas : constructing the past and the self / Tamara L. Townsend
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (151 pages)
Contents Baggage mode and the scars of the past: self-defining memories of abandonment -- Escapist mode of memory: nostalgia for a world of possibity -- Relational mode of memory: interpersonal conflict and the life review -- Amnesic mode of memory: oblivion's effects on identity and relationships -- Conclusion: Memory as a key to personal identity
Summary This study provides a comprehensive look at the writings of Soledad Puértolas, 2010 inductee into the Real Academia Española, and the ways in which the contemporary individual in Spain constructs meaning and identity through memory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index
Notes English
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Subject Puértolas, Soledad -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Puértolas, Soledad fast
Subject Memory in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
Memory in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020739446
ISBN 9781498500302
1498500307