TY - BOOK AU - Su,John J ED - Cambridge University Press. TI - Ethics and nostalgia in the contemporary novel SN - 0521854407 AV - PR881 .S78 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English fiction KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Nostalgia in literature KW - Ethics in literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223) and index; -- Introduction: nostalgia, ethics, and contemporary Anglophone literature; -- Narratives of return: locating ethics in the age of globalization; -- Nostalgia and narrative ethics in Caribbean literature; -- 'Loss was in the order of things': recalling loss, reclaiming place in Native American fiction; -- Refiguring national character: the remains of the British estate novel; -- Appeasing an embittered history: trauma and nationhood in the writings of Achebe and Soyinka; Conclusion: nostalgia and its futures ER -