Language of Ethics and Community in Graham Greene’s Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

A study of Graham Greene's fiction from the perspective of ethics and community, focusing on the narrative pattern that emerges from the author's idiosyncratic use of keywords like peace, despair, compassion or commitment. This book explores their potential for the textual articulation of narrative conflict and the dramatization of the ethical.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-09-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:336 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:171
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137540102

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Paula Martín Salván is Associate Professor of English at the University of Córdoba, Spain. Her research interests include Modernist and Postmodernist fiction, literary and critical theory. Her current research focuses on the notion of community and its fictional construction. Her latest book is the co-edited volume Communtiy in Twentieth-Century Fiction (2013).

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'Overall the book offers a remarkable account of the way Greene's work conveys complex ethical issues within a crystalline and compelling narrative structure and in a literary discourse that is simultaneously accessible, sophisticated and individual... a brilliant piece of work.' - Neil R. Sinyard, University of Hull, UK

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Occasions for Unselfing 2. Peace 3. Despair 4. Bargain 5. Pity and Compassion 6. Commitment 7. Caritas 8. Conclusion: The Ethics of Reading (Graham Greene) Bibliography Index