Louisa Hadley

The Fiction of A.S. Byatt (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349921812
• Artikelnr.: 54794560

Autorenporträt

LOUISA HADLEY is a part-time tutor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Autobiography, Art and Gender: The Shadow of the Sun (1964) and The Game
(1967)
The Past, Language and Reality: The Virgin in The Garden (1978)
Verbal and Visual Art: Still Life (1985)
Postmodernism vs. Realism: Possession: A Romance (1990)
The Presence of the Past: Possession: A Romance (1990)
Neo-Victorian Fiction: Angels and Insects (1992) and The Biographer's Tale
(2000)
Language and Memory: Babel Tower (1996)
The Conclusion of the Quartet: A Whistling Woman (2002)
Fiction-Making, Fairy-Tales and Feminism: Short Stories
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.