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UNINA9910255061703321 |
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Autore |
Walezak Emilie |
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Titolo |
Rose Tremain : A Critical Introduction / / by Emilie Walezak |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (IX, 240 p.) |
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Literature, Modern - 20th century |
Literature, Modern - 21st century |
Contemporary Literature |
Twentieth-Century Literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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