Ian McEwan / Dominic Head.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Head, Dominic, author.

Series:

Contemporary British novelists.

Contemporary British novelists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McEwan, Ian--Criticism and interpretation.

McEwan, Ian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although Ian McEwan's later works are more overtly political, more humane and more literary than the early work, Dominic Head uncovers the continuity as well as the sense of evolution through the oeuvre. Head makes the case for McEwan's prominence in the canon of contemporary British novelists.

Contents:

Contents; Series editor's foreword; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Shock-lit: the short stories and The Cement Garden; 3 Dreams of captivity: The Comfort of Strangers; 4 Towards the 'implicate order': The Child in Time; 5 Unravelling the binaries: The Innocentand Black Dogs; 6 'A mess of our own unmaking': Enduring Love; 7 Amsterdam: McEwan's 'spoiler'; 8 'The wild and inward journey of writing': Atonement; 9 'Accidents of character and circumstance': Saturday; 10 Conclusion: McEwan and the 'third culture'; Select bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P

RS; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781781701027

1781701024

9781847791733

1847791735

OCLC:

818847179