Romanian Journal of English Studies (Nov 2017)

The Palimpsestic Time and Identity in Graham Swift’s Ever After

  • Catană Elisabeta Simona

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The essay analyses Graham Swift’s Ever After and shows that the concepts of time and identity are fictional constructs which stand for a palimpsestic world presented as an eternal stage of past and present stories. Time and identity are revealed to us through symbols which stand for a palimpsestic world. They are reinvented and rewritten according to the narrator’s vision.

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