A Preface to Greene

ISBN-13: 9781138159440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str.

Cedric M. a. Ph. D. Watts

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'Pleasurable, fearless, perceptive, provocative...the attention to scholarly detail is admirable...The material is not only entertainingly presented but also extraordinarily wide-ranging...Incisive critical accounts...A valuable reference resource' Neil Sinyard in the Graham Greene Newsletter This is the most comprehensive and consise guide to Graham Greene's life and works.

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Lists of Illustrations and Maps  Editorial Notes and Acknowledgements  Abbreviations  Part One: The Writer and his Setting.  Chronological Table  1.The Life of a Novelist  2. The early years  3.  The middle years  4.  The later years  5.  Finale  6. Contexts and Issues, Religious matters, Political matters, Anti-Semitism and the case of Stamboul Train, Various influences  Part Two: The Art of Greene  7. The nature and origins of Greeneland  8. Novels, 'Entertainments', and the redemption of Greeneland  9  Recycling, recurrences and games with names  10. 'Leopards' and other stylistic matters  11. Critical accounts: Darkest Greeneland: Brighton Rock,  Mastery: The Power and the Glory,  Collaborative excellence: the film, The Third Man
13. Conclusion: Greene's place in literary history  Part Three: Reference section  13.  Gazetteer  14.  Biographical list  15.  Bibliography  16.Further reading and list of films

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Cedric Watts M.A. Ph.D. (Professor)