TY - GEN T1 - Re-membering the Black Atlantic : on the poetics and politics of literary memory T2 - Cross/cultures ; A1 - Eckstein, Lars LA - English LA - German PP - Amsterdam ; New York PB - Rodopi YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm70792207 AB - The Atlantic slave trade continues to haunt the cultural memories of Africa, Europe and the Americas. There is a prevailing desire to forget: While victims of the African diaspora tried to flee the sites of trauma, enlightened Westerners preferred to be oblivious to the discomforting complicity between their enlightenment and chattel slavery. Recently, however, fiction writers have ventured to 're-member' the Black Atlantic. This book is concerned with how literature performs as memory. It sets out to chart systematically the ways in which literature and memory intersect, and offers readings of. OP - 289 CN - PR120.B55 E35 2006eb SN - 1423789113 SN - 9781423789116 SN - 9789401202763 SN - 9401202761 SN - 9042019581 SN - 9789042019584 KW - Phillips, Caryl : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Dabydeen, David : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Morrison, Toni : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Dabydeen, David KW - Morrison, Toni KW - Phillips, Caryl KW - English literature : Black authors : History and criticism. KW - Littérature anglaise : Auteurs noirs : Histoire et critique. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. KW - English literature : Black authors KW - Englisch KW - Roman KW - Sklavenhandel : Motiv KW - USA KW - Englisch. KW - Geschichte 1985-2000 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -