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Understanding Julian Barnes (Understanding Contemporary British Literature) by Merritt Moseley is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Understanding Julian Barnes (Understanding Contemporary British Literature) about?
Understanding Julian Barnes surveys the career of an innovative British novelist who has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize on three occasions. In this analysis of Barness distinctive qualities and of his place in the British literary establishment, Merritt Moseley suggests that Barness greatest achievement is his ability to resist summary and categorization by imagining each book in a dramatically original way. In evaluating Barness fiction, Moseley discusses the novelists admiration for Gustave Flaubert, identifies his technical and thematic concerns, and explores the intrigue surrounding his divided career as a writer of serious novels, published under his own name, and of detective thrillers, published under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. Moseley provides close readings of Barness book-length works, defending the writer against the charge that some of these volumes should not be considered novels at all and examining his commitment to writing books rich in the exploration of serious ideas.
Who reads Understanding Julian Barnes (Understanding Contemporary British Literature)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Merritt Moseley
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781570038754
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Poetry
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