Julian Barnes

Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Sebastian Groes (Anthology Editor) , Peter Childs (Anthology Editor)
Online resources available
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Julian Barnes

Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Sebastian Groes (Anthology Editor) , Peter Childs (Anthology Editor)
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An up-to-date critical collection on the work of contemporary British novelist, Julian Barnes.

Table of Contents

Foreword \ Series Editors' Preface \ Acknowledgements \ Contributors \ Chronology of Julian Barnes's Life \ Introduction: Julian Barnes and the Wisdom of Uncertainity Sebastian Groes and Peter Childs \ 1. The Flâneur and the Freeholder: Paris and London in Metroland Matthew Taunton \ 2. Inventing a Way to the Truth: Life and Fiction in Flaubert's Parrot Ryan Roberts \ 3. 'A preference for things Gallic': Julian Barnes and the French Connection Vanessa Guignery \ 4. 'An Ordinary Piece of Magic': Religion in the Work of Julian Barnes Andrew Tate \ 5. Crossing the Channel: Europe and the Three Uses of France in Julian Barnes's Talking it Over Merritt Moseley \ 6. 'Stranger Than Fiction': an epistolary essay on The Porcupine Dimitrina Kondeva \ 7. England, England and Englishness Richard Bradford \ 8. Matters of Life and Death: The Short Stories of Julian Barnes Peter Childs \ 9. 'All Letters Quoted are Authentic': The Past after Postmodern Fabulation in Julian Barnes's Arthur & George Christine Berberich \ Afterword Andrew Lycett \ References \ Further Reading \ Index

Product details

Published Sep 01 2011
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 192
ISBN 9781441130082
Imprint Continuum
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series Contemporary Critical Perspectives
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

SG
Anthology Editor

Sebastian Groes

SEBASTIAN GROES is Senior Lecturer in English Lite…

PC
Anthology Editor

Peter Childs

Peter Childs is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research &…

Reviews

  • This welcome new assessment of Barnes's ground-breaking work and achievement takes scholarly analysis of his oeuvre to a new level, offering insights into the genesis of some of his novels and a new perspective on his complex uses of historical and biographical fact and fictional invention.

    Brian Finney, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Long Beach, USA

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