LEADER 03837nam 22006971c 450 001 9910781228403321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-4255-X 010 $a1-283-12961-2 010 $a9786613129611 010 $a1-4411-5958-4 024 8 $a60001411295 035 $a(CKB)2550000000036829 035 $a(EBL)714115 035 $a(OCoLC)735597779 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538256 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12224502 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538256 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10560069 035 $a(PQKB)10513881 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC714115 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL714115 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10477198 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312961 035 $a(OCoLC)756042430 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255843 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000036829 100 $a20140929d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJulian Barnes $econtemporary critical perspectives $fedited by Sebastian Groes and Peter Childs 210 1$aLondon $aNew York $cContinuum $d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary critical perspectives 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-3008-X 311 $a1-4411-5222-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [134]-160) and index 327 $aForeword -- 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 Fla?neur 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 -- 330 $aJulian Barnes is one of the most refined British writers and distinguished intellectuals of his generation whose rich body of work has been awarded many literary prizes both in the UK and abroad. Although primarily a novelist and essayist, thechameleon of British letters has also written short stories, television scripts and a screenplay. This critical guide provides a wide range of current critical perspectives on Barnes work from early bestselling novels Flauberts Parrot and The History of the World in 10 Chapters up to Arthur and George. Including contributions by some of the finest critics 410 0$aContinuum contemporary critical perspectives series. 606 $aAuthors, English$y20th century 606 $2Literary studies: from c 1900 - 606 $aLiterature and history$zEngland$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPostmodernism (Literature)$zEngland 615 0$aAuthors, English 615 0$aLiterature and history$xHistory 615 0$aPostmodernism (Literature) 676 $a823/.914 702 $aGroes$b Sebastian 702 $aChilds$b Peter$f1962- 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781228403321 996 $aJulian Barnes$93749101 997 $aUNINA