“England [is] a long way off”: Historical and Ethical “Elsewheres” in Ian McEwan’s Atonement
Recent fiction has shown that, for many contemporary British writers (Ishiguro, Barker, Swift,. . .), elsewhere means, first and foremost, the mythical England of the past, whether one longs to inhabit it, or dreads its pervasive and toxic influence. Indeed, Atonement—a 2001 novel set in the 1930’s—...
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Études Britanniques Contemporaines |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/3691 |