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

• Autore: Alfer Alexa <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 823.914
• Soggetto topico: Literature; Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Ireland
• Soggetto non controllato: A. S. Byatt; Children's Book; Man-Booker shortlist; critic; critical storytelling; critical writings; journalism; public intellectual; storyteller; writer
• Altri autori: Edwards de CamposAmy J
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A.S. Byatt
• ISBN: 1-84779-482-3; 1-78170-175-X; 1-84779-259-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807449403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary British novelists.