The Idea of Europe in Literature

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Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Explores literary representations of Europe and its nation states.

Author Biography

Susanne Fendler is Assistant Professor at the University of Wurzburg, Germany. Ruth Wittlinger is Lecturer in European Studies at the University of Durham, Stockton Campus.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Notes on the Contributorsp. xv
Acknowledgementsp. xviii
Introduction: The Idea of Europe - the Contribution of Literature by Susanne Fendler and Ruth Wittlingerp. xix
Portrayal of the Continent
Charlotte Bronte's Alternative 'European Community'p. 3
'Nation and Narration': Continental Europe and the English Novelp. 31
Schlosses and the Scent of Pine: Images of Austria and Germany in the English Historical Romance and Gothic Romance since 1945p. 44
Discovering 'Europe' in the Process of Repatriation: Primo Levi's La Treguap. 64
Inner/Outer Perspectives in Comparison
World Fiction: the Transformation of the English/Western Literature Canonp. 85
France and its DOM: the Ambivalence of European Identityp. 101
Immigrants in Britain: National Identities and Stereotypesp. 119
A Never Closer Union? The Idea of the European Union in Selected Works of Malcolm Bradburyp. 138
The Idea of Europe and National Identity
A Romanian View of Europe: George Uscatescup. 159
Eyvind Johnson and the History of Europe: Many Times in One Placep. 173
Englishness from the Outsidep. 192
Memories of Hell: Kieslowski's Vision of European Subjectivityp. 207
Europeans: Foreigners in Their Own Landp. 225
Indexp. 240
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