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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255061703321

Autore

Walezak Emilie

Titolo

Rose Tremain [[electronic resource] ] : A Critical Introduction / / by Emilie Walezak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-57129-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 240 p.)

Disciplina

809

Soggetti

Literature, Modern—20th century

Literature, Modern—21st century

Contemporary Literature

Twentieth-Century Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1: Introduction -- 2: Displacement in Rose Tremain’s first novel, Sadler’s Birthday -- 3: Female Itineraries: The Road to Empowerment in Letter to Sister Benedicta and The Cupboard -- 4: Gender Provinces: Realism and Feminism in The Swimming Pool Season -- 5: Seventeenth-Century Panorama: the Function of History in Restoration -- 6: Mindscapes as Landscapes: Journeys of the Self in Sacred Country and The Way I Found Her -- 7: Historical ‘Terrains’: Music and Silence and The Colour -- 8: Foreign Prospects and Local Entrenchments: Immigration in The Road Home and Trespass -- 9: A Picaresque Journey: Merivel. A Man of His Time -- 10: Conclusion: The Gustav Sonata -- Appendix Observations by Rose Tremain -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive chronological introduction offers a detailed analysis of Rose Tremain’s novels and examines the critical reception of her work. It situates Tremain – listed by Granta magazine as one of the twenty most promising young British novelists in 1983 – in the landscape of contemporary British literature by demonstrating how the variety of her work touches upon major concerns of contemporary fiction. The book aims to satisfy the needs of students by providing an extensive reading of Tremain’s novels based on critical discussions of



key notions in contemporary literary theory and cultural studies. It includes a comprehensive bibliography and overview of Tremain’s critical reception. It points up the suitability of Tremain’s novels as practical illustrations of major concepts in contemporary literary debates.