Neil Gunn has long been recognized in Scotland as one of the well-springs of the literary renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. In this study the varied criticism of Gunn and the reasons for his neglect outside Scotland are sharply examined as the author assesses Gunn as a writer of European stature.
Neil Gunn has long been recognized in Scotland as one of the well-springs of the literary renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. In this study the varied...
Concentrating on her most recent collections, this introduction to Canada's greatest short story writer shows how Alice Munro uses fluid concepts of time to subvert notions of a single fixed reality.
Concentrating on her most recent collections, this introduction to Canada's greatest short story writer shows how Alice Munro uses fluid concepts of ...
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is one of the most famous novels in the world; its heroine's spirited response to hardship and temptation has engaged an eager readership since its publication in 1847. Jane Eyre, however, was not Charlotte Bronte's only novel, and Patsy Stoneman's book traces the development of her work from her exuberant early writing to her disturbing last work, Villette. A final chapter considers Charlotte Bronte's shifting popular and academic reputation and the various adaptations and imitations of her work. Reading the novels in the context of Charlotte Bronte's life and...
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is one of the most famous novels in the world; its heroine's spirited response to hardship and temptation has engaged an ...
Richard III has the status of a monster in British culture, and the continuous popularity of Shakespeare's play has done much to foster this. Deformity and distortion operate through this myth on many levels. This study is an essay in five 'distortions', tracking the way the play manipulates and explores fundamental human concerns: the body, history, theatre, childhood and family and the mirrors and shadows of individual identity and self knowledge.
Richard III has the status of a monster in British culture, and the continuous popularity of Shakespeare's play has done much to foster this. Deformit...
The novels & stories of Elizabeth Taylor (1912-75) have always had an enthusiastic following among the general reading public. This study aims to introduce her work, to trace some of its recurrent preoccupations - with memory, dispossession & bereavement & with her generation's experience of wartime as both disruption & opportunity.
The novels & stories of Elizabeth Taylor (1912-75) have always had an enthusiastic following among the general reading public. This study aims to intr...
Alice Munro s standing as a major contemporary author has long been acknowledged in her native Canada, especially among her fellow writers. Her reputation developed slowly, from small magazines and radio in the fifties, to three Governor General s Awards and regular appearances in The New Yorker. As a short story writer she is working within a critically neglected genre. Yet short fiction displays an intensity of language and experience that is rarely sustainable across longer forms. Drawing on Bakhtinian theory, Ailsa Cox looks at ways in which Munro develops the short story s affinity with...
Alice Munro s standing as a major contemporary author has long been acknowledged in her native Canada, especially among her fellow writers. Her reputa...
Neil Gunn is now generally accepted as the most significant novelist the Highlands of Scotland have produced. This study examines the scope and depth of his work and asseses him as a writer of European stature.
Neil Gunn is now generally accepted as the most significant novelist the Highlands of Scotland have produced. This study examines the scope and depth ...
