Writers unfreeze antique feeling stored in physical objects of history

Evidence

It was then that the shock of the past reached out and jabbed me in the ribs. They were as alive as I am; why can’t I touch them? Grieved, I had to stuff my fingers in my mouth, fish out my handkerchief and do what a novelist has to do: unfreeze antique feeling, unlock the emotion stored and packed tight in paper, brick and stone. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1148

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Writers can appropriate eccentric historical artifacts for their creative work — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 23; The task of historical fiction is bringing past archives into living bodies. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 860; Physical objects in prose can register the emotional weight of unreciprocated speech — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 165 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• The task of historical fiction is bringing past archives into living bodies. #corroborates (0.90) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 860
• Physical objects in prose can register the emotional weight of unreciprocated speech #exemplifies (0.80) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 165
• Writers can appropriate eccentric historical artifacts for their creative work #expands (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 23
• Stale, forgotten ideas are the raw material that germinates new writing #expands (0.70) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 965
• Colonial rule’s epistemic anxieties are readable in everyday material objects #expands (0.60)