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EXCAVATING THE REMAINS OF EMPIRE: WAR AND POSTIMPERIAL TRAUMA IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY NOVEL BY ELIZABETH ANDERSEN A.B.Bowdoin College,1990 M.A.University of New Hampshire,1995 DISSERTATION Submitted to the University of New Hampshire in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English September,2002
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This dissertation has been examined and approved. Dissertation Dire tor,Sandhya Shetty Associate Professor of English 心一 Janet E.Aikins, Professor of English 防只九化 Elizabeth Jane Bellamy, Professor of English 见几中对 Robin M.Hackett, Assistant Professor of English 0☑O Mary E.Rhiel, Associate Professor of German Date 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT....... CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION............. Ⅱ. "KNITTING TOGETHER EVERYTHING ENDING ON THREE NOTES":2 BECOMES 3 IN VIRGINIA WOOLF'S MRS DALLOWAY.........53 MI. EMPIRE,REVISED IN PAT BARKER'S REGENERATION TRILOGY.......100 Empire,Revised.....................................108 Empire,Abroad...............................................................................138 H0me444444 IV. "THE GREAT ADVENTURE INTO NOWHERE":POSTIMPERIAL TRAUMA AND THE NEW PASSAGE EAST IN MARGARET DRABBLE'S THE GATES OF IVORY......................................167 Trauma.… ....177 Women.… ..205 Literature.… .215 V. THE THEATRE OF WAR”VS.“MEMORIES OF RIOTS”NTWO NOVELS BY AMITAV GHOSH....36 VI. CONCLUSION............ .290 BIBLIOGRAPHY.... .305 iv