Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York
;
Bloomsbury Academic, London
;
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
This comprehensive new study offers a detailed analysis of all of Byatt's fiction and also discusses her critical output. Mariadele Boccardi examines Byatt's work in the light of postmodern concerns with language, narrative and self-referentiality
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This comprehensive new study offers a detailed analysis of all of Byatt's fiction and also discusses her critical output. Mariadele Boccardi examines Byatt's work in the light of postmodern concerns with language, narrative and self-referentiality
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-168) and index
General Editors' Preface Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTION Timeline Introduction: A. S. Byatt A 'New' British Novelist? A Resistance to Biographical Readings: The Shadow of the Sun (1964) and The Game (1967) PART II: MAJOR WORKS Chronicles of Post-war England: The Virgin in the Garden (1978), Still Life (1985), Babel Tower (1996) and A Whistling Woman (2002) Victorian Echoes: Possession: A Romance (1990), Angels and Insects (1992) and The Biographer's Tale (2000) Colours, Textures and Narrative Patterns: A. S. Byatt's Short Stories Collections The Inexorable Movement of History: The Children's Book (2009) PART III: CRITICISM AND CONTEXT A Survey of Landmark Interviews Other Writings Critical Reception Bibliography Index.
Introduction: A.S. Byatt, a "new" British novelist?A resistance to biographical readings: The shadow of the sun (1964) and The game (1967) -- Chronicles of post-war England: The virgin in the garden (1978), Still life (1985), Babel tower (1996), A whistling woman (2002) -- Victorian echoes: Possession: a romance (1990), Angels and insects (1992), and The biographer's tale (2000) -- Colours, textures and narrative patterns: A. S. Byatt's short stories collections -- The inexorable movement of history: The children's book (2009) -- A survey of landmark interviews -- Other writings -- Critical reception.
Introduction: A.S. Byatt, a "new" British novelist? -- A resistance to biographical readings: The shadow of the sun (1964) and The game (1967) -- Chronicles of post-war England: The virgin in the garden (1978), Still life (1985), Babel tower (1996), A whistling woman (2002) -- Victorian echoes: Possession: a romance (1990), Angels and insects (1992), and The biographer's tale (2000) -- Colours, textures and narrative patterns: A. S. Byatt's short stories collections -- The inexorable movement of history: The children's book (2009) -- A survey of landmark interviews -- Other writings -- Critical reception.
