Satire Revised in Light of Thatcherism in Rose Tremain’s Restoration
In the 2009 preface to her 1989 novel Restoration, Rose Tremain makes clear that the choice of the period was meant as a commentary on the Thatcher years. The Restoration allows her to use the literary traditions of comedy and satire for the portrayal of her truculent narrator, royalist Merivel. A s...
Main Author: | Émilie Walezak |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2016-12-01
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Series: | Études Britanniques Contemporaines |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/3373 |
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