Reviving Historical Fiction in Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life

Reviving Historical Fiction in Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life

This article reads Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life (2013) as part of a trend in contemporary British fiction that represents the past realistically without dismissing the lessons of postmodernism. Encompassing the two world wars through the lives of Ursula Todd and her family, Life After Life pursue...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Armelle Parey
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2022-06-01
Series:	Études Britanniques Contemporaines
Subjects:	Kate Atkinson Life After Life historical fiction forking-path narrative reader’s response war (representation)
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/11908

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