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UNINA9910781228403321 |
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Titolo |
Julian Barnes : contemporary critical perspectives / edited by Sebastian Groes and Peter Childs |
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London ; New York, : Continuum, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-4725-4255-X |
1-283-12961-2 |
9786613129611 |
1-4411-5958-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary critical perspectives |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, English - 20th century |
Literature and history - England - History - 20th century |
Postmodernism (Literature) - England |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [134]-160) and index |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 -- |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Julian Barnes is one of the most refined British writers and |
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