03837nam 22006971c 450 991045698550332120200115203623.01-4725-4255-X1-283-12961-297866131296111-4411-5958-460001411295(CKB)2550000000036829(EBL)714115(OCoLC)735597779(SSID)ssj0000538256(PQKBManifestationID)12224502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538256(PQKBWorkID)10560069(PQKB)10513881(MiAaPQ)EBC714115(Au-PeEL)EBL714115(CaPaEBR)ebr10477198(CaONFJC)MIL312961(OCoLC)756042430(UtOrBLW)bpp09255843(EXLCZ)99255000000003682920140929d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJulian Barnes contemporary critical perspectives edited by Sebastian Groes and Peter ChildsLondon New York Continuum 2011.1 online resource (193 p.)Contemporary critical perspectivesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-3008-X 1-4411-5222-9 Includes bibliographical references (pages [134]-160) and indexForeword -- 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 -- 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 criticsContinuum contemporary critical perspectives series.Authors, English20th centuryLiterary studies: from c 1900 -Literature and historyEnglandHistory20th centuryPostmodernism (Literature)EnglandAuthors, EnglishLiterature and historyHistoryPostmodernism (Literature)823/.914Groes SebastianChilds Peter1962-UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910456985503321Julian Barnes2257272UNINA