ethics and aesthetics of backward narration in Martin Amis's 'Time's arrow'
TitleThe ethics and aesthetics of backward narration in Martin Amis's 'Time's arrow'
Author
Call number809.93358/0041
Object number08129e
Place of publicationColumbus, Ohio, United States
PublisherThe Ohio State University Press
Year of publication
2012
Physical descriptionpp120-139
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780814251829
NotesArticle from the book 'After testimony: the ethics and aesthetics of Holocaust narrative for the future' pp120-139
Description
Examines the aesthetic and ethical consequences of Amis's decision to use 'backward' narration to tell the story, from death to earliest consciousness, of his chosen protagonist, a Nazi doctor who worked at Auschwitz