Wonder tales in the fiction of A. S. Byatt / edited by Alexandra Cheira.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheira, Alexandra, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Byatt, A. S.

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

Fairy tales in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

This volume provides sustained critical attention on Byatt's wonder tales, both the stand-alone tales and those which are embedded in the wider frame of a novel or novella. In this light, it examines Byatt's claim that her wonder tales "are modern literary stories and they do play quite consciously with a postmodern creation and recreation of old forms" through a revisitation of the wonder tale in a productive dialogue with tradition as an expanded recognition of this fertile creative-critical dialogue with regards to the significance of the wonder tale in Byatt's fictional work. The book evinces a fresh variety of conceptions and approaches to Byatt's wonder tales, some spanning several tales and others focussing on a specific wonder tale, all thoroughly observant of the nature and workings of the relationship between story or novel and genre or tale, and theoretically informed by innovative critical approaches.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Cheira, Alexandra Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt

ISBN:

9781527590748