Unsettling postscripts and epilogues in A. S. Byatt’s Possession and Ian McEwan’s Atonement

This paper proposes to look at two contemporary British novels that, contrary to traditional practice, use their final pages to unsettle the conclusion reached earlier, and leave the reader in a state of uncertainty. Both A. S. Byatt’s Possession, a Romance (1990) and Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001) p...

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Main Author: Armelle Parey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2018-07-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/5751