Language in Flight: Memorial, Narrative and History in David Copperfield
This article addresses David Copperfield to try and understand what it means to write the autobiography of a violently traumatic life story. The traditional interpretation of the novel is to read it as representing, and overcoming, a childhood trauma through the linguistic mastery of the adult. Yet...
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Main Author: | Cathy Caruth |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"
2017-03-01
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Series: | Sillages Critiques |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/4880 |
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