1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000002662

Autore

Goetel, Ferdynand

Titolo

From day to day / by Ferdynand Goetel ; translated from the Polish by Winifred Cooper ; with a foreword by John Galsworthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Literary guild, 1931

Descrizione fisica

IX, 292 p. ; 19 cm.

Disciplina

891.85

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791953403321

Autore

Alfer Alexa <1968->

Titolo

A.S. Byatt : critical storytelling / / Alexa Alfer & Amy Edwards de Campos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

©2010

ISBN

1-84779-482-3

1-78170-175-X

1-84779-259-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Contemporary British Novelists

Contemporary British novelists

Altri autori (Persone)

Edwards de CamposAmy J

Disciplina

823.914

Soggetti

Literature

Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Ireland

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.



Nota di contenuto

9780719066528; 9780719066528; Copyright Page; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Copyright acknowledgements; A. S. Byatt: biographical outline; Abbreviations; Introduction; Fathers, sisters and the anxietyof influence: The Shadow of theSun and The Game; Writing the contemporary:The Virgin in the Garden andStill Life; Two cultures: Babel Tower andA Whistling Woman; Tradition and transformation:Possession and fairytales; The dark side of the tale:The Children's Book,The Biographer's Tale andAngels and Insects; Critical storytelling: peoplingthe paper house; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a study of Byatt's fictional and non-fictional work. It provides contextualising commentary and devotes an entire chapter to Byatt's role as critic and public intellectual.