1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456985503321

Titolo

Julian Barnes : contemporary critical perspectives / edited by Sebastian Groes and Peter Childs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-4725-4255-X

1-283-12961-2

9786613129611

1-4411-5958-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Contemporary critical perspectives

Disciplina

823/.914

Soggetti

Authors, English - 20th century

Literature and history - England - History - 20th century

Postmodernism (Literature) - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [134]-160) and index

Nota di contenuto

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 --

Sommario/riassunto

Julian Barnes is one of the most refined British writers and



distinguished intellectuals of his generation whose rich body of work has been awarded many literary prizes both in the UK and abroad. Although primarily a novelist and essayist, thechameleon of British letters has also written short stories, television scripts and a screenplay. This critical guide provides a wide range of current critical perspectives on Barnes work from early bestselling novels Flauberts Parrot and The History of the World in 10 Chapters up to Arthur and George. Including contributions by some of the finest critics

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780102303321

Autore

Hiro Dilip

Titolo

Neighbors, not friends [[electronic resource] ] : Iraq and Iran after the Gulf Wars / / Dilip Hiro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

1-280-03149-2

0-203-30319-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiii, 388p. ) : geneal. table, maps

Disciplina

327.550567

Soggetti

Politics and Government

Middle East

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

Electronic books.

Iraq Foreign relations Iran

Iran Foreign relations Iraq

Iraq History 1958-

Iran History 1979-1997

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-366) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Iraq 1. Saddam Center-Stage, Exit Bush 2. Enter Clinton: Saddam's New Nemesis 3. A Shattering Betrayal, Then Lucky Breaks for Saddam 4. The Mother of all Failed Coups 5. Saddam and Re-elected Clinton 6. 'Desert Thunder' That Didn't Thunder 7. Operation 'Desert



Fox' Part 2: Iran 8. Iran, A Return to Normalcy 9. Rafsanjani's Reconstruction and Economic Reform 10. Khatami, a Moderate with a Mission 11. Political Reform and Reaction 12. Reform Restrained

Sommario/riassunto

This controversial text provides an account of how Iraq cheated the UN inspectors on disarmament, and how the US manipulated and infiltrated the UN inspection teams and other staff to gather intelligence on Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein.