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A.S. Byatt: Critical Storytelling

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Description for A.S. Byatt: Critical Storytelling Hardback. This stimulating and comprehensive study of A. S. Byatt's work spans virtually her entire career and offers insightful readings of all of Byatt's fictions up to and including The Children's Book (2009). The authors also consider her role as a critic, cultural commentator and public intellectual. Series Editor(s): Lea, Daniel. Series: Contemporary British Novelists. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
This comprehensive study of A. S. Byatt’s work spans virtually her entire career and offers insightful readings of all of Byatt’s works of fiction up to and including her Man-Booker-shortlisted novel The Children’s Book (2009). The authors combine an accessible overview of Byatt’s œuvre to date with close critical analysis of all her major works. Uniquely, the book also considers Byatt’s critical writings and journalism, situating her beyond the immediate context of her fiction. The authors argue that Byatt is not only important as a storyteller, but also as an eminent critic and public intellectual. Advancing the concept of ‘critical ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary British Novelists
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719066528
SKU
V9780719066528
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About Alexa Alfer
Alexa Alfer is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern and Applied Languages at the University of Westminster Amy Edwards de Campos completed her doctorate at Worcester College, Oxford, and now works at the University of East London. Amy Edwards de Campos completed her doctorate at Worcester College, Oxford, and now works at the University of East London. -- . ... Read more

Reviews for A.S. Byatt: Critical Storytelling
it is the great merit of this volume that this ideal of scholarship is embodied in a slim, well-written book on one of Britain’s most prolific and interesting writers. Alfer and Edwards de Campos thus succeed in presenting a study that is accessible to the heterogeneous audience they address and which includes researchers, undergraduates, postgraduates and “general enthusiasts” (dust jacket) ... Read more

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