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The fiction of A.S. Byatt
- Title
- The fiction of A.S. Byatt / Louisa Hadley ; consultant editor, Nicolas Tredell.
- Author
- Hadley, Louisa.
- Publication
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR6052.Y2 Z69 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Tredell, Nicolas.
- Found In
- (UkYoU)001361483YOR01 Readers' Guides.
- Description
- ix, 182 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- This guide examines the key critical responses to Byatt's fiction (both her novels and short stories) tracing the wider debates about realism, postmodernism and feminism with which they engage. The guide also explores the themes which are central to Byatt's work, such as her depiction of writer-figures and her conception of artistic vision.
- Series Statement
- Readers' guides to essential criticism
- Uniform Title
- Readers' guides to essential criticism
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-171) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Autobiography, art and gender : 'Shadow of a sun' (1964) and 'The game' (1967) -- 2. The past, language and reality : 'The virgin in the garden' (1978) -- 3. Verbal and visual art : 'Still life' (1985) -- 4. Postmodernism vs. realism : 'Possession: a romance' (1990) -- 5. The presence of the past : 'Possession: a romance' (1990) -- 6. Neo-Victorian fiction : 'Angels and incest' (1992) and 'The biographer's tale' (2000) -- 7. Language and memory : 'Babel tower' (1996) -- 8. The conclusion of the quartet : 'A whistling woman' (2002) -- 9. Fiction-making, fairy-tales and feminism : short stories -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0230517919
- 9780230517912
- 0230517927
- 9780230517929
- LCCN
- 2008015901
- 9780230517929
- OCLC
- ocn221665782
- 221665782
- SCSB-14634256
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library