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Beryl Bainbridge
Huw Marsh
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Beryl Bainbridge is one of Britain’s major post-war novelists. This study analyses Bainbridge’s work in relation to some of the pressing debates in post-war literary studies. It frames Bainbridge’s work within her life and times, describing her unique approach to fictionalising her own past and Britain’s more distant historical past. Topics covered include Bainbridge’s vexed relationship with feminism; her approach to comedy; her treatment of autobiography; her interest in myth-making and national tragedy; and her un-theorised yet subtly postmodernist views about history, fiction and memory. With generous reference to Bainbridge’s peers, her literary influences and those influenced by her work, ... Read more
Beryl Bainbridge is one of Britain’s major post-war novelists. This study analyses Bainbridge’s work in relation to some of the pressing debates in post-war literary studies. It frames Bainbridge’s work within her life and times, describing her unique approach to fictionalising her own past and Britain’s more distant historical past. Topics covered include Bainbridge’s vexed relationship with feminism; her approach to comedy; her treatment of autobiography; her interest in myth-making and national tragedy; and her un-theorised yet subtly postmodernist views about history, fiction and memory. With generous reference to Bainbridge’s peers, her literary influences and those influenced by her work, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780746312209
SKU
V9780746312209
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About Huw Marsh
Huw Marsh teaches at Queen Mary, University of London. His research interests lie mainly in the field of contemporary Anglophone literature.
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