ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHAPTER 1 HISTORY, ANXIETY, AND NARRATIVE DESIRE CHAPTER 2 TO SPEAK WITH THE DEAD: POSSESSION AND A. S. BYATT'S NEO-VICTORIAN FICTION CHAPTER 3 BLACK DOGS: IAN MCEWAN'S POST-HOLOCAUST ANXIETY CHAPTER 4 THE PALIMPSEST OF HISTORY: SALMAN RUSHDIE'S MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY
Timothy S. Guathier is Assistant Professor in Residence in University College, a college offering an interdisciplinary degree, at UNLV. His primary are of interest is contemporary fiction, specializing in English and Irish literature. Presently he is working on a study of closure in the contemporary novel.