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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2017-03-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/4880