HISTORY, MEMORY, TRAUMA IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AND IRISH FICTION BEATA PIĄTEK HISTORY, MEMORY, TRAUMA IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ANG IRISH FICTION UNIVERSITY PRESS Reviewers dr hab. Joanna Burzyńska-Sylwestrzak, prof. UG dr hab. Anna Branach-Kallas Cover design Zuzanna Czwartos © Copyright by Beata Piątek & Jagiellonian University Press First edition, Kraków 2014 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reprinted or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereaft er invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Th is volume has been published thanks to the fi nancial support of the Faculty of Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków ISBN 978-83-233-3824-6 www.wuj.pl Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Redakcja: ul. Michałowskiego 9/2, 31-126 Kraków tel. 12 663-23-81, 12 663-23-82, fax 12 631-23-83 Dystrybucja: tel. 12 631-01-97, tel./fax 12 631-01-98 tel. kom. 0506-006-674, e-mail:
[email protected] Konto: PEKAO SA, nr 80 1240 4722 1111 0000 4856 3325 Acknowledgements - - I would like to thank the Institute of English Studies at the Jagiel lonian University in Kraków for funding and other forms of encourage- ment, which made this publication possible. I am particularly grateful to my colleagues from the Department of Comparative Studies in Lit erature and Culture for moral support, intellectual inspiration, endless supply of books and great friendship. My special thanks go to Professor Joanna Burzyńska-Sylwestrzak and Dr hab.