A.S. Byatt

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

This comprehensive new study offers a detailed analysis of all of Byatt's fiction and also discusses her critical output. Mariadele Boccardi examines Byatt's work in the light of postmodern concerns with language, narrative and self-referentiality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-02-15
Mått:155 x 235 x 10 mm
Vikt:191 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New British Fiction
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780230275713

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MARIADELE BOCCARDI is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of the West of England, UK. Her publications include The Contemporary British Historical Novel: Representation, Nation, Empire (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

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'Boccardi offers a compact yet comprehensive introduction to Byatt's work and succinctly situates Byatt's long career within major critical debates and existing scholarship.' - Stephanie Harzewski, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Innehållsförteckning

General Editors' PrefaceAcknowledgementsPART I: INTRODUCTIONTimelineIntroduction: A. S. Byatt A 'New' British Novelist?A Resistance to Biographical Readings: The Shadow of the Sun (1964) and The Game (1967)PART II: MAJOR WORKSChronicles of Post-war England: The Virgin in the Garden (1978), Still Life (1985), Babel Tower (1996) and A Whistling Woman (2002)Victorian Echoes: Possession: A Romance (1990), Angels and Insects (1992) and The Biographer's Tale (2000)Colours, Textures and Narrative Patterns: A. S. Byatt's Short Stories CollectionsThe Inexorable Movement of History: The Children's Book (2009)PART III: CRITICISM AND CONTEXTA Survey of Landmark InterviewsOther WritingsCritical ReceptionBibliographyIndex.