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Amalgamemnon (British Literature) Paperback – July 1, 1994

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A woman about to lose her job as a professor of literature and history delivers a passionate, witty, and word-mad monologue.

History and literature seem to be losing ground to the brave new world of electronic media and technology, and battle lines are being drawn between the humanities and technology, the first world and the third world, women and men. Narrator Mira Enketei erases those boundaries in her punning monologue, blurring the texts of Herodotus with the callers to a talk-radio program, and blending contemporary history with ancient: fairy-tale and literal/invented people (the kidnappers of capitalism, a girl-warrior from Somalia, a pop singer, a political writer), connected by an elaborate mock-genealogy stretching back to the Greek gods, move in and out of each other's stories. The narrator sometimes sees herself as Cassandra, condemned by Apollo to prophesize but never to be believed, enslaved by Agamemnon after the fall of Troy. Brooke-Rose amalgamates ancient literature with modern crises to produce a powerful novel about the future of culture.

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    152 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Dalkey Archive Press
  4. Publication date
    July 1, 1994
  5. Dimensions
    5.57 x 0.43 x 8.53 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1564780503
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1564780508
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First published in 1984, this experimental novel is the skewed monologue of a history and literature professor about to be dismissed from her job.
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“This sort of metafiction can start like a rocket, then fizzle, but Christine Brooke-Rose’s novel keeps gaining momentum, blazes with wit and regains for fiction some of the territory lost to critics in recent raids. On all counts it deserves the three stars from Orion’s belt.” — The Guardian

“About what it feels like to be a word-addict—worse, a writing addict—in the brave new world of communications technology.” — The Observer

"Amalgamemnon is a brilliant example of its author's thesis, proving the eternal creative flexibility of language and the restorative vitality of one person's cultural memory.” — American Book Review

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dalkey Archive Press; Reprint edition (July 1, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1564780503
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1564780508
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.57 x 0.43 x 8.53 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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4.0 out of 5 stars A virtuoso monologue
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2003
To give a plot synopsis of this novel would be almost pointless because the book is all about voice. The narrator spills out words and puns and jams them together (as in the title) to make new words, thus forcing the reader to think in new ways about how the words relate. It is also a novel of ideas, and in many ways, a novel about power. The narrator posits herself as Cassandra to the various Agamemnon's (thus amalgamemnon) that ignore her. Technnology, capitalism, and Wester, male-dominated society are all forces that she struggles with. Interestingly, Brooke-Rose also foresees the power of terrorism and the threat of fundamentalism that responds to these same sources of powers. To be sure, though, this is mostly a novel about language, and if you don't enjoy playful, postmodern punning, then skip this one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! An astonishing wonderful novel
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Whilst I had heard of Christine Brooke-Rose quite a while ago I had never read anything by her (not available in my local bookshop, other things to read and so on).
I haven't a clue how to describe what she does, but I was enthralled with the literary and linguistic games she plays - OK there are serious themes, or at least, her prose triggers serious issues in my mind.
I was enthralled though I am not likely to recommend her to (many) friends!
I'm in the middle of her 'Textermination' - a literal friend was attracted to this on seeing the cover and hearing my brief (non)-description of the academic conference attended by characters ....
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