Jonathan Coe de Professor Vanessa Guignery

Jonathan Coe: New British Fiction

en Limba Engleză Paperback – dec 2015

Jonathan Coe is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed contemporary British writers. This comprehensive introduction places his work in clear historical and theoretical context, offering extensive readings of the author's ten novels fromThe Accidental WomantoExpo 58, including the remarkableWhat a Carve Up!The book explores Coe's biography and his experimentations with narrative, genre and comedy, as well as his thematic preoccupations with history, memory, loss and nostalgia.

The first volume devoted entirely to Coe, this book includes:
• A supporting timeline of key dates in literature and current events
• An examination of the critical reception to Coe's works
• An exclusive interview with Jonathan Coe himself

Citește tot Restrânge

Din seria New British Fiction

Preț: 156^.81 lei
Preț: 150^.43 lei
Preț: 156^.81 lei
19%

Preț: 156^.63 lei
19%

Preț: 157^.07 lei
Preț: 156^.63 lei
Preț: 150^.43 lei
11%

Preț: 389^.94 lei
Preț: 157^.07 lei
8%

Preț: 368^.12 lei
8%

Preț: 353^.38 lei

Preț: 156^.18 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 234

:
29^.89€ • 31^.05$ • 24^.83£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 13-27 ianuarie 25

Adaugă în coș

Wish list
Gift list
Am citit!

Adaugă în listă

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137405821
ISBN-10: 1137405821
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2015
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Red Globe Press
Seria New British Fiction

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Coverse all aspects of Coe'swriting, rather than focusing on specific aspects
Interview gives readers the author's own perspective

Notă biografică

Vanessa Guignery is Professor of English Literature and Postcolonial Literature at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. She is the author of Novelists in the New Millennium (2012), also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Cuprins

General Editors' Preface.- Acknowledgements.- PART I: INTRODUCTION Timeline.- 1. Introduction.- 2. A Biographical Reading.- PART II: MAJOR WORKS 3. 'Funny, Brutalist and Short': The Accidental Woman, A Touch of Love and The Dwarves of Death.- 4. State-of-the-nation Novels: What a Carve Up!, The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle.- 5. Gravity and Grace: The House of Sleep and The Rain before it Falls.- 6. Everyman on the Road and Abroad: The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim and Expo 58.- PART III: CRITICISM AND CONTEXTS 7. Author Interview.- 8. Other Writings.- 9. Critical Reception.- Bibliography.- Index.

Descriere

Jonathan Coe is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed contemporary British writers. This comprehensive introduction places his work in clear historical and theoretical context, offering extensive readings of the author's ten novels from The Accidental Woman to Expo 58, including the remarkable What a Carve Up! The book explores Coe's biography and his experimentations with narrative, genre and comedy, as well as his thematic preoccupations with history, memory, loss and nostalgia.

The first volume devoted entirely to Coe, this book includes:
• A supporting timeline of key dates in literature and current events
• An examination of the critical reception to Coe's works
• An exclusive interview with Jonathan Coe himself

Papetărie, jocuri, reviste