Exile and the Narrative/Poetic Imagination

Edited By: Agnieszka Gutthy

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This collection of essays examines poetic and narrative responses to exile. It features works from rarely studied parts of the world, including Armenia, Egypt, and Tibet, exploring feelings of loss, memories of trauma, and the search for identity.

Exile and the Narrative/Poetic Imagination is a collection of essays examining a variety of narrative and poetic responses to exile. Intended to complement existing scholarship…

Exile and the Narrative/Poetic Imagination is a collection of essays examining a variety of narrative and poetic responses to exile. Intended to complement existing scholarship on exile, these essays discuss works from very different parts of the world, some of them relatively rarely studied through the lens of exile, including Armenia, Egypt, Tibet, and Liberia. The book is divided into five parts, each discussing different aspects of this condition such as feelings of loss and loneliness, memories of trauma, and the search for identity.

Agnieszka Gutthy is a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Southeastern Louisiana University. Her research interests include comparative literature, literature in exile, and European minority languages and cultures. She has published essays on Polish, Kashubian, Spanish, and Basque literatures. Her most recent publication is Literature in Exile of East and Central Europe (Peter Lang, 2009).