A.S. Byatt : critical storytelling / Alexa Alfer and Amy J. Edwards de Campos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alfer, Alexa, 1968-

Contributor:

Edwards de Campos, Amy J.

Series:

Contemporary British novelists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023--Criticism and interpretation.

Byatt, A. S.

Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 194 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

This is a study of Byatt's fictional and non-fictional work. It provides contextualising commentary and devotes an entire chapter to Byatt's role as critic and public intellectual.

Contents:

Introduction

Fathers, sisters and the anxiety of influence : The shadow of the sun and the game

Writing the contemporary : The virgin in the garden and still life

Two cultures : Babel Tower and A whistling woman

Tradition and transformation : Possession and fairytales

The dark side of the tale : The children's book, The biographer's tale and Angels and insects

Critical storytelling : peopling the paper house.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-191) and index.

ISBN:

9780719066528

0719066522

OCLC:

710896096