| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 165 pages) |
| Series |
Contemporary critical perspectives |
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Contemporary critical perspectives series
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Flaneur and the Freeholder: Paris and London in Julian Barnes's Metroland / Matthew Taunton -- ch. Two Inventing a Way to the Truth: Life and Fiction in Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot / Ryan Roberts -- ch. Three À preference for things Gallic': Julian Barnes and the French Connection / Vanessa Guignery -- ch. Four Àn Ordinary Piece of Magic': Religion in the Work of Julian Barnes / Andrew Tate -- ch. Five Crossing the Channel: Europe and the Three Uses of France in Julian Barnes's Talking It Over / Merritt Moseley -- ch. Six Story of Julian Barnes's The Porcupine: an Epistolary 1/2 Chapter / Dimitrina Kondeva -- ch. Seven Julian Barnes's England, England and Englishness / Richard Bradford -- ch. Eight Matters of Life and Death: The Short Stories of Julian Barnes / Peter Childs -- ch. Nine Àll Letters Quoted Are Authentic': The Past After Postmodern Fabulation in Julian Barnes's Arthur & George / Christine Berberich |
| Summary |
Julian Barnes is one of the most refined British writers and distinguished intellectuals of his generation whose rich body of work has been awarded many literary prizes both in the UK and abroad. Although primarily a novelist and essayist, thechameleon of British letters has also written short stories, television scripts and a screenplay. This critical guide provides a wide range of current critical perspectives on Barnes work from early bestselling novels Flauberts Parrot and The History of the World in 10 Chapters up to Arthur and George. Including contributions by some of the finest critics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-160) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Barnes, Julian -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Barnes, Julian fast |
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Authors, English -- 20th century.
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Literature and history -- England -- History -- 20th century
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Postmodernism (Literature) -- England
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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Literary studies: from c 1900.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Authors, English
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Literature and history
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Groes, Sebastian.
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Childs, Peter, 1962-
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| ISBN |
9781441159588 |
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1441159584 |
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1283129612 |
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9781283129619 |
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9786613129611 |
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6613129615 |
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1441152229 |
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9781441152220 |
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9781472542557 |
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147254255X |
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9781441161437 |
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1441161430 |
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